The General Assembly today agreed to convene a high-level meeting this September, on the eve of its annual general debate, on how to better meet the development needs of Africa, which is struggling to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target date of 2015.

In a resolution adopted without a vote, Assembly members agreed both to hold the meeting on 22 September and that it should result in a formal political declaration on the issue.

At the opening of the General Assembly this September the GA assembly asked delegates and Heads of State to watch a slide show made by Macedonian children about poverty. They were winners of the U.S. State Deparment’s Doors to Diplomacy Competition.