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• Feedback from the US-EU Summit

  
  ONE — Authority: 489
  Last week leaders from the United States and European Union met in Washington DC for the regular US-EU Summit.The team at ONE has reviewed the summit’s declaration [PDF] and picked out some of the key points.Overall the document contains some very positive language on the need to work together to achieve the ...
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• States yet to execute N48b debt-relief projects – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  A Performance assessment report has rated most states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) poor in the execution of projects for which they received funding from the debt relief granted Nigeria by the Paris and London Clubs.Known as Conditional Grants Scheme (CGS), about N48.8 billion of the funds ...
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• Human Rights Ads (30): Health Care

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 434
  ( source , a Make Poverty History ad) More on the Millennium Development Goals . More on health care as a human right here . More human rights ads here . Posted in health, human rights ads Tagged: ad, advert, health, health care, human rights ad, make poverty history, MDG, Millennium Development Goals
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• Yar’Adua okays N47.1b for projects – The Nation

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  President Umaru Yar’Adua has approved N47.1 billion for the execution of projects under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) otherwise called “quickwins”.Senators and members of the House of Representatives will benefit from the funds part of which will be used to execute their constituency projects.Senior ...
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• Reps angry over MDG projects, threaten 2010 allocations – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  The House of Representatives yesterday resolved that no financial allocation would be made to ministries and parastatals in the 2010 budget if they failed to execute the projects in the 2009 appropriation.It summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwabo, over the performance of the 2009 ...
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• NCCA-UNRC Film Competition on the Millennium Development Goals [Deadline: November 17, 2009]

  
  PINOYWORLD Philippines | Pinoy Blogger's Official Blog — Authority: 507
  NCCA-UNRC Film Competition on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) for a minimum of three (3) minutes and maximum of five (5) minutes is on for gurus as well as budding filmmakers. There are eight (8) categories focused on the eight (8) MDG’s are: where problem and solution are creatively integrated to give ...
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• Norway to fund UN project for women’s role in panchayats

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Norwegian government Wednesday signed an agreement to grant the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) $9 million for strengthening participation of women in local governance in India.The partnership agreement was signed by UNIFEM executive director Ines Alberdi and the ...
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• Global Working Session in Italy Aims not only to Commemorate UN Fourth World Conference on Women, but to Breakthrough

  
  Vital Voices Blog — Authority: 131
  From October 31 through November 2, 2009, Vital Voices will host “Breakthrough: Overcoming the Obstacles to Equality, Development and Peace,” which will convene an extraordinary group of 50 individuals at New York University’s Villa La Pietra campus in Florence, Italy to engage in an interactive working session ...
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• Nigerian House of Representatives Speaker Calls for Stronger Climate Change Action

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  The Speaker of Nigeria’s lower legislative body, the House of Representative, Dimeji Bankole, has called for a more urgent and systematic action to face the challenges of climate change. In a message on the 2009 United Nation’s Day celebration in Abuja on Monday, Speaker Bankole said the effects of climate change ...
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• The UN Tackles Violence Against Women

  
  Vital Voices Blog — Authority: 131
  The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women publishes a quarterly newsletter describing how the UN is working to end violence against women around the world.Here are a few highlights from the October edition:The General Assembly adopted a resolution on September 14 creating a new agency specifically for ...
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• Smart Economics: Attention on Educating Girls

  
  Vital Voices Blog — Authority: 131
  Dozens of reports have confirmed that investing in women makes good economic sense. Investing in the education of women and girls, in particular, has been found to have lasting effects on communities and nations.In the third annual report, Plan International, an NGO that works to alleviate child poverty, found that ...
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• UN millennium campaign creates Guinness record

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The UN millennium campaign, which has been rallying behind world leaders reminding them about the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, has created a world record by mobilising the maximum support that any campaign ever has, officials said Thursday.According to Minar ...
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• Letting a thousand flowers wither

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 437
  Image by linkerjpatrick via Flickr The world will not halt the rate of reduction of biodiversity by 2010 SEEKING to alleviate poverty, reduce world hunger and protect biodiversity sounds, to your correspondent’s ears, like something a Miss World hopeful might have pledged in the 1980s. In fact, it was what ...
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• Human Rights Ads (29): Drinking Water

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 434
  ( source , a Make Poverty History ad) More on the Millennium Development Goals . More on water here and here  (including an explanation of why this is a human rights issue). More human rights ads . Posted in health, human rights ads, poverty Tagged: ad, advert, human rights ad, make poverty history, MDG, ...
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• Nobel, Obama, Bono, and ‘Rebranding America’

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 638
  Like many folks a couple weeks ago, I was stunned that Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact, I thought it was some sort of joke but alas, it was legit. But I did manage to get couple…
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• Nigeria’s First Lady Urges Business Women to Help Create Awareness on HIV/AIDS

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Nigeria’s First Lady Turai Yar’Adua has urged Business and Professional Women International (BPW) to assist in creating awareness on HIV and AIDS, amd cervical and breast cancer among women in Africa. Opening a conference of Africa regional congress of the BPW, Mrs Yar’Adua said women, especially those in the ...
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• Stand Up and Take Action to End Poverty on October 16-18th

  
  NASW Press Room Blog — Authority: 117
  On these days, millions of people all around the world will take part in a united action of standing up in support of the end of poverty and the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals . Social workers can play a key role on this day, as they do every day fighting against poverty in the U.S. and around the ...
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• 300,000 Deaths in Nigeria From Malaria Each Year

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  The African regional office of the UN Millennium Campaign for Africa has said that it is unacceptable that 300,000 people die of malaria annually in Nigeria. The Deputy Director of the office, Ms Sylvia Mwichuli, made the remarks during an enlightenment program organized for journalists on the UN anti-poverty ...
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• Campaign for fulfilment of Millennium Development Goals begins

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) To remind world leaders that the deadline to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is drawing near, the civil society and individuals across the world, including in India, began a three-day ‘Stand up, Take action’ campaign Friday.A set of eight goals on global development challenges, ...
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• Victories and Challenges in Meeting Millennium Development Goal 3: Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equity

  
  Vital Voices Blog — Authority: 131
  In an interview with IPS, Sylvia Mwichuli, deputy director of the U.N. Millennium Campaign, discussed the progress African nations have made in reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number three, women’s empowerment and gender equity.Mwichuli said that the African countries that have achieved ...
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