The United Nations Millennium Campaign’s “Global Conversations” are a series of online conversations that bring people across the globe together to focus the world’s attention on the issues that matter to our generation: poverty and its root causes. The unfiltered conversations between global influencers and citizens around the world are broadcast live on Facebook. Facebook and also available for broadcast in real time by the global media. Viewers are encouraged to start their own online conversations about the roles that all of us can play in demanding that our governments keep their promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

This year, the Millennium Campaign is planning a series of conversations leading up to the MDG Review Summit to be held at the UN in September. In such an important year for the MDGs, the voices of citizens must be heard and acknowledged by their leaders. The Global Conversations offer a platform to promote and magnify these authentic voices in support of the achievement of the MDGs.

Stay tuned to www.endpoverty2015.org for information on upcoming conversations.

View previous Global Conversations:

October 16, 2009
Actor Tyson Beckford and Shoppers at G-STAR’s Store in Soho, New York City Speak with School Children in Kenya about Poverty

October 15, 2009
Former Irish President Mary Robinson Speaks with Youth in India about why the Millennium Development Goals Represent Basic Human Rights

October 15, 2009
Nigerian Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole Speaks with Italian Parliamentarian Mario Barbi about Trade and Agriculture

October 14, 2009
African entertainer Angelique Kidjo Speaks with Youth in Uganda about Education