MASS MAIL 01 NOVEMBER 2005 - UN MDG's - MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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01 NOVEMBER 2005
UN MDG's - MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - FOR 2015
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MDG's - MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

In preparing for a conference I was once again reminded of the importance of the UN Millennium Development Goals. You may be aware that the Foundation for the Development of Africa has now embarked on a drive to promote the Triple Bottom Line - Economics; Environment and Social.

This Triple Bottom Line all adds up when your study the objectives of the MDG's. One thing is very clear - this UN objective is going to demand a process of participation from ALL our people - not just the select few - Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations says:

"We will have time to reach the Millennium Development Goals - worldwide and in most, or even all, individual countries - but only if we break with business as usual. We cannot win overnight. Success will require sustained action across the entire decade between now and the deadline. It takes time to train the teachers, nurses and engineers; to build the roads, schools and hospitals; to grow the small and large businesses able to create the jobs and income needed. So we must start now. And we must more than double global development assistance over the next few years. Nothing less will help to achieve the Goals." United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi A. Annan

What are the objectives of the UN Millennium Development Goals

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day
Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

2. Achieve Universal primary education
Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling

3. Promote gender equality and empower women
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015

4. Reduce child mortality
Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five

5. Improve maternal health
Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio

6. Combat HIV; AIDS; malaria and other diseases
Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

7. Ensure environmental sustainability
Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources
Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020

8. Develop a global partnership for development
Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory, includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction- nationally and internationally
Address the least developed countries' special needs. This includes tariff- and quota-free access for their exports; enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries; cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction
Address the special needs of landlocked and small island developing States
Deal comprehensively with developing countries' debt problems through national and international measures to make debt sustainable in the long term
In cooperation with the developing countries, develop decent and productive work for youth
In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries
In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies- especially information and communications technologies

Let's all contribute to this initiative - positively!

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COMMENTS RECEIVED

01 November 2005
Dear Peter
Many thanks for reminding South African's about the Millennium Development Goals, so that as we strive to build the economy of this country we must also strive towards assist the continent in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
Much appreciated and have a super day.
Best Regards,
Rakgadi Mokgethi
RPM Events Management Company
South Africa

01 November 2005
Thank you so much for this information.
This is timely as we are busy with work on establishing ways that will aid social transformation.
The issues to be discussed are relevant and we can somehow learn from events like this.
Tsakani Baloyi
Lwelaphanda Business Intelligence
South Africa

01 November 2005
Hello Peter,
This is precisely in line with the strategic plans of Organic Farms Group.
We are in an important and rapid growth phase of our development which is absorbing much of our managerial capacity i.e we will play a significant role in the near future-be patient, we certainly are interested.
Regards,
Les Hutton
Organic Farms Group
South Africa

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