In wide-ranging opening remarks to the current session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov placed HIV and drug use at the heart of the global agenda.

At a United Nations summit held at the turn of the century, the UN agreed on eight ambitious goals designed to rid the world of the worst extremes of poverty.

The Prime Minister made the call while inaugurating a two-day Global Leadership Meeting on Population Dynamics at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital.

Citizens from all over the world can help shape the future global development agenda through their participation in the United Nations survey ‘My World’, which allows them to vote on issues they believe are priorities and should be addressed by world leaders.

The consultation which was co-convened by the Governments of Botswana and Sweden with WHO and UNICEF, brought together 50 high level participants including Ministers of Health, members of the high-level Panel of Eminent Persons, Leaders of International health institutions, representatives of civil society and the private sector, academia, public health experts and youth.

 The Government of Liberia with support from the United Nations will on March 18, 2013, hold nationwide consultations on the Post 2015 MDGs Development Framework.

In September 2000, world leaders unanimously adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a series of specific targets for poverty eradication, universal primary school enrollment, gender equality, reduction in child and maternal mortality, combating major disease and ensuring environmental sustainability.

African development and good governance have been at the root of the MDG which was planned for 15 years starting 2001.

A high-level meeting in Geneva coming to a close today is seen as a success.

UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark has called for new development targets that focus on how growth, poverty alleviation and sustainability can complement one another.

In addition to last weeks' CIVICUS submissions on China, Jordan, Mexico and Nigeria, CIVICUS has made further interventions for the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the human rights records of the Central African Republic and Malaysia.

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On February 28, 2013, 35 delegates representing civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research institutes and think tanks consulted with the African Union on the post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) education agenda and recommended priority areas for the post-2015 framework.

As the date of 2015 approaches, the international community is analysing the results of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were omnipresent in the development debate since 2000.

As the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, with many of the targets set to remain unreached, global policy makers are searching for post-2015 replacements.

President Barack Obama pledged during his January 2013 State of the Union address that the United States would join with its allies to “eradicate” extreme poverty over the “next two decades” by connecting more people to the global economy and empowering women.

The Government of Liberia with support from the United Nations in Liberia will on March 18, 2013, hold nation-wide consultations on the Post 2015 MDGs Development Framework.

The second round of consultations in China on the Post-2015 Development Agenda took place in Beijing on March 11, 2013.

At the year’s CSW, the Post-2015 Women’s Coalition utilize this interconnected space to engage with partners, allies and Governments from every region as we begin to map out key asks and guidelines for challenging and transforming the global development paradigm.

The UN Consultation Meeting on Post -2015 Development will be held on Monday at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum with the participation of private sector, UN and government representatives to discuss the role of private sector in the post 2015 development plans.

UNDP launched an unprecedented global conversation through which people can help shape the future development agenda after 2015 when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire.

As reported on the IISD website, the final meeting of the Post-2015 Thematic Consultation on Governance, in which was attended by 250 participants, took place in Midrand, South Africa from 28 February to 1 March 2013.

The current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have roughly a thousand days to go before their end-2015 target date.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the two-day ‘Global Leadership Meeting for Population Dynamics’ meeting where representatives of 51 countries including ministers will attend.

The United Nations held the second round of consultations in China on the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Beijing Monday.

The 2015 deadline for the current Millennium Development Goals has led to a flurry of activities on what the post-2015 development agenda should look like.

Delegates attending the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean have called for a "more ambitious post-2015 development agenda" in promoting growth with greater inclusion, protection, social equality and environmental sustainability in the region.

New global development goals must reflect current realities while sustaining the vision and momentum of the original Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark.

Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala will host an international conference, Conflict, Violence and Disaster in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, on 13 March, to discuss the devastating effects of conflict, violence and disaster as well as new post-2015 development goals.

“A PROMINENT PLACE FOR GROWTH IN THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA” — LAMY Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at the Conference on International Cooperation in 2020 in the Hague on 7 March 2013, said that “economic growth and trade — as a driver of growth — deserve a prominent place in the post 2015 development agenda.

Today and tomorrow, a high level meeting has been convened in Botswana to conclude the post-2015 health consultation.

An online consultation called Reducing poverty is achievable: finding those who are hidden by inequalities, has been set up by Development Progress, WikiProgress and the OECD .

International Women’s Day (IWD) was, yesterday, commemorated with a stakeholder Consultation in Accra on the theme: ‘Staying on Track for Gender Responsiveness in Post 2015 Development Agenda’.

On the 8th of March (tomorrow) we celebrate International Women's Day worldwide to pay tribute to women for their engagement in the development process.

Today, authorities from several Latin American countries and international experts opened the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20 , which is being held from 7 to 9 March in Bogotá, Colombia.

From 29th to 30th of May 2013 at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, a Business focused Millennium Development Goals Summit  will be held to encourage increased communication between Government, UN organisations, NGOs and the private sector.

More than a decade after the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ample confusion persists regarding their genesis.

In 2000, world leaders promised to halve extreme poverty by 2015 with a global plan called the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).

Although the Pacific shares a strong sense of vulnerability with other fragile states, it faces its own very specific set of development challenges relating to size, location and unmatched exposure to climate change, ocean acidification, natural disasters, and other external shocks.

Last week I wrote on 'Health and the World We Want 2015' and I promised to comment in its part 2 'Health Priorities post 2015', 'Post 2015 guiding principle, goals and targets' and 'Implementation'.

In line with the post 2015 health agenda, on February 28th, 2013, a draft report was shared among development workers which reflected an extensive global public consultation, held from September 2012 to January 2013.

Rising inequality, abuses by transnational corporations and the global democratic deficit were key themes at last week's UN consultation on governance and the post-2015 development agenda, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Momentum is building for governance and accountability issues to have a greater profile in the post 2015 framework, and there is a growing recognition that we cannot afford to ignore governance even if it is politically challenging to incorporate.

The Government of Colombia and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20 on 7 to 9 March in Bogotá, with the participation of all United Nations agencies that work in the region.

Ministers, parliamentarians, policy-makers, members of the Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda, as well as representatives from civil society, youth organizations and the private sector, will attend the third and final regional consultation to define Africa’s position on post-2015 development priorities, on March 11-12, 2013 in Hammamet, Tunisia.

As a science-led global healthcare company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has the opportunity to improve the health and well-being of millions of people around the world.

As ACTION participates in the consultation process for a post-2015 development agenda, I wanted to share some of our key principles for how we would want to see post-2015 development goals be shaped.

Marking the critical importance of water stewardship around the world and its relation to the United Nation’s process to define post-2015 development priorities, the CEO Water Mandate will convene a major conference in Mumbai, India.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have remained silent regarding inequalities,” warned today the largest body of independent experts* in the United Nations Human Rights system, while urging the international community to place human rights, equality and non-discrimination, and sustainability at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda.