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News headlines for “WTO Doha “Development” Trade Round Collapse, 2006”, page 12
South Urged not to Replicate Old, Unequal Models
- Inter Press Service
South-South cooperation is set to be a key issue during the three-day summit beginning today that will bring together some 140 world leaders to reaffirm their commitment to achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
DEVELOPMENT: Bridging the Chasm Between Rhetoric and Reality
- Inter Press Service
On the eve of Monday's highly-anticipated U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit in which world leaders will gather here to reaffirm their commitment to the eight goals, civil society remains deeply sceptical.
Women, Children Top U.N.'s Anti-Poverty Agenda
- Inter Press Service
All eight of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are critical to development, but numbers four and five on child and maternal health are the real priority areas for this year. That was the main takeaway from a series of briefings with U.N., NGO and country officials in which IPS participated this week.
UNICEF Shifts Gears to Target Poorest of Children
- Inter Press Service
A focus on the children at the very bottom of the economic ladder is the most effective and efficient way to help children and communities in need, concludes a new report from the United Nations children's agency UNICEF released Tuesday.
Gender Equality Goals Miss the Mark, Women's Groups Say
- Inter Press Service
A month ahead of the 2010 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) review summit at the United Nations, some women's groups are voicing concern that member states' commitment to women's issues is insufficient and slowing progress towards gender parity worldwide.
Caribbean Civil Society Unites to Tap EU Development Funds
- Inter Press Service
Roosevelt King, the secretary general of the Barbados Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (BANCO), believes that Caribbean governments have dropped the ball when it comes to their commitment to support the initiatives of civil society.
U.N. Targets 'Lost Generation'
- Inter Press Service
Even as the U.N. launched the International Year of Youth last week, one of its agencies was warning of a 'lost generation' of disillusioned young workers who are unable to find decent jobs.
Q&A: 'NGOs Are Here to Stay'
- Inter Press Service
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs, with over 190 members. Its head, Sam Worthington, spoke recently with IPS about the role of NGOs in Haiti, the U.S. and throughout the world.
Pacific Islands Criticise Stalled Climate Financing
- Inter Press Service
Despite the creation of a High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF), a group of hard-hit Pacific islands is expressing doubt that aid will be delivered in a timely manner.
Is Global Poverty Reduction a Political Myth?
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations hosts a summit meeting of world leaders next September to assess the current state of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is expected to single out one of the major 'success stories' of the day: a reduction in global poverty.
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