CONGO Ressources

Ressources par question: MDGs

The Millennium Development Goals have been derived by the Millennium Declaration adopted by 147 Heads of State and government ad the Millennium Assembly in September 2000. The MDGs are a set of 8 goals assorted with specific indicators and timeframes that government have committed themselves to achieve by 2015. The first MDG aims to halve extreme poverty by 2015 and the others deal with social issues that somehow cristallyse the commitments taken at the world conferences of the nineties in terms of women's rights, education, health, environment, etc. CONGO has been a co-organizer of the Millennium NGO Forum that has preceded the official meeting of the General Assembly in 2000 and since the beginning it has been at the forefront of raizing the awareness of NGOs about the existence of the Goals, in order to keep governments accountable, and help them assessing their implementation. We do this mainly in the regions - through our regional civil society fora -, at major UN commission and events and through the Millennium + 5 network that has prepared the official assessment of the implementation of the MDGs by governments in September 2005.

UN reform process
CONGO has been actively contributing and providing inputs into the on-going reform process within the United Nations. The organisation, while celebrating its 60th anniversary in September 2005, hold a high-level plenary meeting with Heads of States and Governments at the beginning of the General Assembly's 60th session on 14-16 September 2005.[plus]
Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development
As called for in the Consensus, a follow-up intergovernmental process has been sent in motion and a standing secretariat - The Financing for Development Office - has been established in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) to support the process. The Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus will be held in Doha, Qatar, from 29 November to 2 December 2008.[plus]
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Background information on WSIS and its follow up and implementation process
The statement from civil society on the World Summit on the Information Society entitled "Much More Could Have Been Achieved" is now available in English (Word and html versions) and French (Word and html versions.)[plus]
MDGs / Millennium + 5
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) form a plan agreed to by all the world's countries and leading development institutions, aimed at mobilizing unprecedented efforts to meet the need of the world's poorest by 2015.[plus]
Acceptance Remarks by Incoming Congo President, 8 November 2000
Renate Bloem
Standing before this honorable Assembly after such a vote of confidence, I feel deeply moved and honoured, and I hope I can live up to your expectations and trust.[plus]
Asian Civil Society Forum 2002, Bangkok
UN-NGO Partnerships for Democratic Governance in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand, December 9 to 13, 2002 Introduction[plus]
Asian Civil Society Forum 2004, Bangkok
Building UN NGO partnership for Democratic Governance through MDGs
Désolé, aucun résumé n'est disponible.[plus]
Latin American and Caribbean Seminar
Partnerships for a New Era
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) June 1 - 4, 2004[plus]
A Summary of the Outcomes of the NGO Consultation on the Millennium Review During the Commission on Social Development
February 2005
Underlying ideas that were repeated most frequently in the interventions:[plus]
Background Paper on NGO Participation in the Preparations and Conduct of the Informal Interactive UN General Assembly Hearings
7 March 2005[plus]