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The CONGO Committee on Social Development, with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Division for Social Policy and Development are sponsoring the Civil Society Forum “Reclaiming Copenhagen” on the occasion of the United Nations Commission for Social Development 2005, on 8 February 2005, at United Nations Headquarters , New York. View the entire programme of the Civil Society Forum here.

United Nations Commission for Social Development : Forty-Third Session, New York, 9 to 18 February 2005

Copenhagen +10: Forging a proactive involvement of civil society in the review of the implementation of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly

The forty-third session of the Commission will take place from 9 to 18 February 2005, in Conference Room 4. The Priority Theme of the session is: “Review of further implementation of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the 24th special session of the General Assembly”. Information on the 43rd Session is available here.

The forty-third session of the Commission will mark the tenth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen 2005). To reflect this significant event in its work, the session will include high-level plenary meetings, round-tables and panel discussions. In addition, the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), the NGO Committee on Social Development and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation will co-host an NGO Forum on 8 February 2005, one day prior to the opening of the session. The outcome of the NGO Forum will be presented to the session of the Commission during its first meeting on 9 February 2005.

Over the years, the Commission for Social Development has established a solid tradition of involving civil society organizations and actors in its work. Sessions of the Commission are open to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in consultative status with ECOSOC. NGOs in general and special consultative status may submit written statements to be circulated and also make oral presentations during the general debate at the Commission.

For More information on NGO participation at the Commission, please visit: www.un.org/esa/socdev/ngo/csd_info43.htm

Millennium Development Goals: Goals and targets

The Millennium Development Goals are an ambitious agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives that world leaders agreed on at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. For each goal one or more targets have been set, most for 2015, using 1990 as a benchmark:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
   

UNDP, in collaboration with national governments, is coordinating reporting by countries on progress towards the UN Millennium Development Goals . The framework for reporting includes eight goals -- based on the UN Millennium Declaration. For each goal there is one or more specific target, along with specific social, economic and environmental indicators used to track progress towards the goals.

The eight goals represent a partnership between the developed countries and the developing countries determined, as the Millenium Declaration states, "to create an environment-at the national and global levels alike-which is conducive to development and the elimination of poverty."

For the latest news on the Millennium Development Goals please visit: www.undp.org/dpa/pressrelease/list.html