In a wide-ranging declaration adopted at the end of the three-day meeting, participants stressed that achieving the MDGs, which world leaders have pledged to do by 2015, "is a moral imperative."
Conflict disrupts health systems and other government institutions, compromises capacity and renders governance and the legitimacy of authorities uncertain
The panel is tasked with finding ways to lift people out of poverty while tackling climate change and ensuring that economic development is environmentally friendly
The Resolution call's States and international organizations to provide financial resources, build capacity and transfer technology, particularly to developing countries, in scaling up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all
Within the Millennium Summit framework, ECLAC has been supporting the countries of the region, designing and implementing politics and programmes which contribute to the fulfillment of the MDGs. Specifically, ECLAC has developed regional monitoring mechanism to evaluate progress to reach the proposed targets.
