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Monrovia Meeting Stresses Poverty Eradication, Equity for Post- 2015 Agenda

News 26 February 2013

A UN group tasked with defining a new post-2015 development agenda completed their second substantive meeting last week in Monrovia, Liberia focusing on the theme of “National Building Blocks for Sustained Prosperity.

Corruption blocking millennium goals for weak, say NGOs

News 26 February 2013

In India, women, dalits and minorities are not going to achieve millennium development goals set by the United Nations for 2015.

Myanmar, FAO to implement millennium development goals

News 26 February 2013

Myanmar government and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will implement three of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) under a five-year Country Program Framework (2012-16), official media reported Wednesday.

UNICEF, UN Women Update Members States on Inequalities Consultation

News 26 February 2013

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and UN Women, co-leaders of the Global Consultation on Inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda, provided a briefing for UN Member States and Observers at UN Headquarters in New York, US, on 4 February 2013.

Remittances, migration and the post- 2015 development agenda

News 26 February 2013

Last week the UN high-level panel to create a framework for post-2015 development met for the second of three rounds of official talks in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

Forget post- 2015 development goals- a global new deal is what’s needed

News 26 February 2013

Many familiar problems were raised at the Liberia meeting of the UN high-level panel tasked with drafting global post-2015 development goals: extreme poverty, lack of productive employment, environmental degradation and growing inequality.

Post- 2015 Global Water Consultations

News 26 February 2013

As part of this process, a UN-led consultation process ‘The World We Want 2015’ is taking place.

The post- 2015 Panel: An unenviable task

News 26 February 2013

The 27 eminent persons gathering in Monrovia this week to discuss what should replace the current set of Millennium Development Goals have a prodigiously difficult task ahead of them.

Key Tweets from the Post 2015 High Level Meeting in Monrovia

News 26 February 2013

David Cameron arrives in Monrovia to co-chair the Post-2015 High Level Meeting.

What kind of world do we want after 2015

News 26 February 2013

Sometimes it can feel difficult to make our voices heard on this big planet.

Reaction to HLP meeting on post- 2015 in Liberia

News 26 February 2013

Brendan Cox, Save the Children’s Director of Policy and Advocacy said in Monrovia: “Today’s commitment from the High Level Panel in Liberia to focus on ending extreme poverty is what we’ve been calling for.

Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlson to Liberia for meeting of UN post- 2015 panel

News 26 February 2013

Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson is one of 26 members on the UN high-level panel tasked with presenting proposals for the global development agenda after 2015, the deadline for the current Millennium Development Goals.

UK International Development Committee Concerned about Post- 2015 Process

News 26 February 2013

The ongoing process to craft a post-2015 global development agenda should be more transparent – otherwise, world leaders may not want to sign on, a panel of British parliamentarians worries in a report published Tuesday that also identified job creation as the most important goal for the coming years.

SBY trip to address MDGs, new trade

News 26 February 2013

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono landed in Liberia as the first stop on his eight-day African and Middle Eastern trip to address economic and multilateral diplomatic missions.

Commissioner Piebalgs Participates in the UN Panel on Post- 2015 Development Agenda

News 26 February 2013

Today EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will take part in the second UN High Level Meeting on the post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda beyond 2015, which takes place in Monrovia, Liberia.

Migration, Post- 2015 Development Goals, And the KNOMAD

News 26 February 2013

Even as the US media is in a frenzy about comprehensive immigration reforms - long overdue, but in terms of detail, still more forest than trees - there is another sense of urgency about how might migration feature in the post-2015 development goals (see my earlier blog).

UNCTAD to lead post- 2015 e- discussion on development- led globalisation

News 26 February 2013

Consultations on growth and employment are being coordinated by an advisory group consisting of staff from the United Nations Development Programme, the International Labour Organization, UNCTAD, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and UN Women, as well as representatives of other international and civil society organizations.

Consultations in Viet Nam on the post- 2015 development agenda

News 26 February 2013

The United Nations in Viet Nam has initiated a series of consultations with a broad range of Vietnamese citizens on the new development framework to be put in place in 2015, once the current Millennium Development Goals expire.

New report on post- 2015 development agenda

News 26 February 2013

Today the HoC International Development Select Committee launched its report on the post 2015 development agenda.

International Development Committee on Post- 2015

News 26 February 2013

On 22 January, the International Development Committee published a report on the post 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Global Goals for Human Rights and Governance After 2015: Part II

News 26 February 2013

Over the past fifteen years a nascent consensus has begun to emerge that some aspects of good governance and human rights are integral to development as both a means and an end.

The World We Want: Next Development Agenda Post- 2015

News 26 February 2013

“Post-2015 development agenda.

Universal health coverage and the Post- 2015 Development Agenda

News 26 February 2013

Worldwide, about 150 million people a year face catastrophic healthcare costs because of direct payments such as user fees, while 100 million are driven below the poverty line.

Towards a Just and Transformative Post- 2015 Development Agenda

News 26 February 2013

On January 22, 2013, IBON International, WALHI, INDIES, PCFS and APRN are inviting peoples organizations, social movements and NGOs from across Indonesia to a workshop titled “Towards a Just and Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda” The workshop’s objectives are: 1.

The Post- 2015 Development Agenda

News 26 February 2013

Since the Millennium Development Goals were formulated, we have had a pretty historic global conversation about how developed and developing countries can partner to achieve an ambitious agenda – to eliminate extreme poverty from the planet, and at least halve it by 2015.

HIV in the Post- 2015 Development Goals- Let’s Keep the Momentum Going

News 26 February 2013

The International Development Committee (IDC) today publishes its Post- 2015 Development Goals report calling for a simple and measurable set of global targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire in 2015.

The Post- 2015 Consultations- Does Quantity Add Quality?

News 26 February 2013

At the moment the average civil society organization can now choose to contribute to up to 11 thematic and 60 to 100 national consultations, each one of them using several outreach media – e-consultations, meetings, papers, expert groups, panels, twitter, video, facebook hangouts – multiplying the input opportunities ad infinitum.

One idea the world has not tried

News 26 February 2013

There is one idea we have not tried: making job creation our number one priority.

Crowdsourcing the Post- 2015 Development Agenda

News 26 February 2013

With the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals fast approaching, the United Nations is already planning its post-2015 agenda.

UNAIDS Launches e- Consultation to Ensure AIDS remains Central in the post- 2015 agenda

News 26 February 2013

UNAIDS is hosting an online consultation from January 21 through February 3 on the UN and Civil Society joint platform, "The World We Want," to determine a roadmap for global development after the 2015 Millennium Development Goals' target date.

The Open and Rocky Road Post- 2015

News 08 February 2013

What values does a Yemeni journalist who fuelled the Arab Spring hold in common with a former principal of the U.

An inclusive Post- 2015 Framework with some teeth!

News 08 February 2013

Yesterday, I had the honour of moderating the roundtable debate on ageing and disability with my colleague AK Dube of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, as part of this week's meeting of the UN High-level Panel in Monrovia, Liberia.

Invitation to Attend Dialogue Meeting on Addressing Inequalities, 18 February 2013

News 08 February 2013

Participate in the Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda and make your voice heard.

Liberia: HLP Must Formulate New Global Development Goals

News 08 February 2013

Our country, Liberia is currently hosting a United Nations High Level Panel Post 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) meeting.

UN Members States Begins Negotiations on HLPF

News 08 February 2013

In the first informal meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on establishing the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), Members States and Permanent Observers convened to discuss its format and organizational aspects.

It’s time the UN reviewed development goals

News 08 February 2013

The countdown to the post-Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda is a time for debate about how the development community and countries around the world should collaborate on improving wellbeing, sustainability and social justice from 2015.

CIVICUS urges Zambia to guarantee an enabling environment for Civil Society

News 08 February 2013

Johannesburg.

RI’s Reemergence through Summit Diplomacy

News 08 February 2013

Early in February, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will join UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Monrovia, Liberia, in leading the third UN High-Level Panel Meeting for the Post 2015 Development Agenda discussions.

Liberia: This is the time to act! Woods Cautions

News 08 February 2013

Public Works Minister, Samuel Woods, II has told World leaders and partners that Liberians want action now and not words.

Youths adopt Post- 2015 Development Vision

News 08 February 2013

Youths from different organizations and communities have adopted a powerful post -2015 development vision in a two-day consultation workshopheld in Freetown.

Liberia: Time to Act is Now

News 08 February 2013

"As we discuss, we should not forget that we still have two very important years left to consolidate the gains and accelerate our efforts to achieve the MDGs; in discussing about the future, we cannot forget that the time to act is now and that civil society has a critical role to play", Liberia's Gender and Development Minister has said.

UN’s Post- 2015 Development Agenda Under Discussion

News 08 February 2013

On 30 January, EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs will take part in the second UN panel on post-2015 development agenda.

Liberia buzzes at latest talks on Post- 2015 Development Agenda Begin

News 08 February 2013

The bunting has been hung, there is a smell of fresh paint at the airport, and posters dotted around Monrovia suggest something big is happening in the city this week.

The Millennium Development Dilemma: What to target after 2015

News 08 February 2013

My country Liberia is about to play host to global leaders and thinkers, including the United Kingdom Prime Minister and the Queen of Jordan, as they discuss what priority issues to include once the current Millennium Development Goals (MDG) expire in 2015.

Minister Georges Chikoti highlights government’s commitment to Millennium Goals

News 08 February 2013

The minister of Foreign Affairs, Georges Rebelo Chikoti, said Thursday in Huambo City that the Angolan government has been working in the last years to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially the increase in school and hospital infrastructures.

Millennium Development Goals and Beyond 2015: A Strong EU Engagement

News 08 February 2013

The European Parliament's Committee on Development held a public hearing called "Millennium Development Goals and Beyond 2015: A Strong EU Engagement" in Brussels on 22 January.

Bringing the fight against corruption to the Millennium Development Goals

News 08 February 2013

In a few days, an array of world leaders and thinkers – from politicians to Nobel Prize winners- will meet in Liberia to debate the state of the world’s development and where we are going.

Have your say on the Post- 2015 Development Agenda

News 08 February 2013

This January UNA-UK has been asking its members and supporters to participate in the UN’s My World survey – a global initiative allowing members of the public to feed their ideas into the process to devise the successor framework to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Who’s Talking About the Post- 2015 Agenda?

News 08 February 2013

There are two sessions on the future of the Millennium Development Goals after 2015 at Davos this year - that’s the same number of sessions given to meditation and art walks.

WHO Executive Board Considers Health in Post- 2015 Agenda

News 08 February 2013

The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) met to consider a report outlining the framework for developing a health-related component of the UN's post-2015 development agenda.