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Millennium Development Goals Moral Imperative, but Largely Off-track for Poorest, Least Politically Powerful People, Says Declaration at DPI/NGO Conference

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Millennium Development Goals Moral Imperative, but Largely Off-track for Poorest, Least Politically Powerful People, Says Declaration at DPI/NGO Conference

The fourth and final round table of the sixty-third annual DPI/NGO Conference wrapped up today with a show of overwhelming support for what the Chair of the Conference has called “the people’s document”.

‘Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves’ and Do What Must Be Done to Achieve Millennium Development Goals, Says Communications Chief as DPI/NGO Event Concludes

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‘Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves’ and Do What Must Be Done to Achieve Millennium Development Goals, Says Communications Chief as DPI/NGO Event Concludes

“This is not the time to question the validity of the MDGs [Millennium Development Goals] themselves, but rather a time to roll up our sleeves and do what is necessary to attain them, and beyond that, to look at the question of ensuring that they are sustainable after 2015,” said Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, today at the conclusion of the sixty-third annual DPI/NGO Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

States Parties to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Open Three Day Headquarters Session, Elect New Members to Monitoring Body

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States Parties to Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Open Three Day Headquarters Session, Elect New Members to Monitoring Body

The third Conference of States Parties of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened today amid calls to equally include disabled persons in community life, health and education systems, and to effectively fill planning and execution gaps in Government strategies that often fell short of addressing their needs, especially in times of conflict or natural disaster.

As States Parties to Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Continue Session, Round Tables Address Right to Education, Living in the Community

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As States Parties to Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Continue Session, Round Tables Address Right to Education, Living in the Community

Equal access to education — with accommodating teachers, understanding students and a supportive administration — coupled with respect for the right of disabled persons to choose where and with whom they lived were vital elements for realizing the full spectrum of human rights, the third Conference of States Parties of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was told today, in two round table discussions concerning those issues.

Secretary-General, in Vienna, Says New Academy Responds to World’s Growing Sense of Outrage, Injustice against Corruption, ‘Will Help Build Culture of Integrity’

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Secretary-General, in Vienna, Says New Academy Responds to World’s Growing Sense of Outrage, Injustice against Corruption, ‘Will Help Build Culture of Integrity’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the inaugural Conference of the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, 2 September:
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