It gives me great pleasure to chair the opening session of this important workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to welcome all participants, particularly those ...

There will be no fair world, no abolition of extreme poverty, as long as the calculus of corruption undermines education, health, trade and the environment. Dramatic reduction of corruption levels is ...

LONDON (AlertNet) - The more developed a country the better it tends to cope with natural disasters and conflicts. But it does not necessarily follow that if a nation cuts poverty and improves ...

The MDG Advocates* are a group of eminent persons appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The undersigned MDG Advocates are ...