MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Calendar of Events
JUNE / JULY
11th African Union Summit: "Meeting the MDGs on Water and Sanitation" (Sharm El Sheikh, 24 June - 1 July)
UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Development Cooperation Forum: “Towards more coherent and effective development cooperation” (UNHQ, New York, 30 June – 1 July)
ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review: “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development” (UNHQ, New York, 2 – 3 July)
UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Report
(global launch, 1– 9 July)G8 Summit: climate change, world economy, development and Africa (Hokkaido, Japan, 7 – 9 July)
AUGUST
XVII International AIDS Conference: Promote scientific excellence and inquiry, encourage individual and collective action and dialogue, and foster accountability
(Mexico City, 3 – 8 August)World Water Week: “Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World, with Special Focus on Sanitation.” (Stockholm, Sweden, 17-23 August)
SEPTEMBER
Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness: Follow-up to the 2005 Paris Declaration, pursuing the five principles of: ownership, alignment, harmonization, managing for results and mutual accountability
(Accra, Ghana, 2 – 4 September)-
Launch of the MDG Gap Task Force Report (UNHQ, New York, 4 September)
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Launch of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 (UNHQ, New York, 11 September)
General Assembly High-level Meeting on African Development (UNHQ, New York, 22 September)
High-level Event on the MDGs: A Heads-of-State event convened by the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly (UNHQ, New York, 25 September)
OCTOBER
World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings (Washington, DC, 10-13 October)
International Day and Launch of the 2nd Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (Global, 17 October)
Stand Up, Take Action against Poverty (Global, 17 – 19 October)
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER
European Development Days (EU, 16-17 November)
International Review Conference on Financing for Development: Follow-up to the 2002 Monterrey Consensus, to address progress made, reaffirm goals and commitments, share best practices and lessons learned (Doha, Qatar, 29 November – 2 December)