It is the 7th anniversary of the pledge by African Union member states to allocate 15% of national budgets to health. In a statement to mark the anniversary, Archbishop Tutu stated:
The dramatic surge in food prices has plunged millions of poor people and many net food importing poor countries into a food crisis. Consequently, it has also put at risk their chances of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Whilst the focus has been on the impact on the MDG1 of reducing poverty and hunger, given the close inter-connectedness between all the 8 MDGs, the impact on these sections of the poor on health, education and livelihoods more broadly, cannot be underestimated.
Under the heading “Deepening local democratic governance to eradicate poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals," the delegates to the Forum discussed potential ways of strengthening the role of Local Authorities both in the North and the South in the achievement of the MDGs.
Nigeria Confident About Millennium Development Goals
By Deanna Gillen – Talk Radio News Service
February 7, 2012 – Nigeria is “very optimistic” it will be able to meet the United Nations Millennium development goals before the self-imposed 2015 deadline, despite serious challenges on issues like environmental sustainability, Dr. Precious Gbeneol, the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) told a press conference at the United Nations Tuesday.
Nigeria Urges Countries to Redouble Efforts on MDGs
Thursday - 09 Feb, 2012 - Nigeria has called on countries across the globe to redouble their efforts to make the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) a reality.
Dr Precious Gbeneol, Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs made the call at a news conference on the UN Millennium Campaign and the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria at the UN headquarters on Tuesday.
Gbeneol was accompanied by Rep. Adeyinka Ajayi, Member House Committee on MDGs.
Senegalese Entertainer Baba Maal promoting MDG Goals 4 and 5 at an event organized by the UN Country Office to support the MDG Campaign. The event was jointly organized with the National Civil Society Consortium.(CONGAD)
Senegal launches Parliamentary MDG Committee to monitor MDG Performance. This was a join event by the UN Millennium Campaign and the UN Country Team, lead by the RC.
DAKAR (AlertNet) – African solutions to African problems is the mantra of governments across this continent. But what about the goodwill ambassadors that fly around speaking about the issues that touch Africa most deeply, should they be African too?
Just days before an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Cameroon and Senegal in Dakar, the United Nations named Senegal’s captain, Mamadou Niang, a champion of the U.N.
Ten years after their establishment, the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals are set to gain a new local and tangible edge with the launch of an online citizen tracking program in Kenya that went live Feb. 10.
