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Wednesday, 24 September
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Climate Change and Development: Progress on Finance for Adaptation
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Panelists in the breakfast session on climate change.
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Women's Empowerment, Diabetes and Development
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Emma Crosby, Sky News Today, moderated the roundtable.
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Ulla Tørnæs, Minister of Development Cooperation, Denmark, co-hosted the event. |
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Consultation of Heads of State and Religious Leaders on Eliminating Poverty
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Members of the audience.
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Salil Shetty, Millennium Campaign, extolled the virtues of faith-based development work.
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Water and Sanitation for All
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Panelists during the session on water and sanitation.
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A display emphasized graphically the importance of availability of sanitation.
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Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander, the Netherlands, chaired a global assessment of the water and sanitation situation.
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Energy Services for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
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Kandeh Yumkella, UN Energy Chair, Director General, UNIDO, stressed that if energy issues for the poorest of the poor are not addressed, the MDGs cannot be achieved.
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Kathleen Abdalla, Acting Director, Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA, highlighted the need to keep energy issues at the top of the development agenda, emphasizing the gender aspects of energy access.
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Local Governments' Contributions to the Millennium Development Goals
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Vince Henderson, Minister of Education, Dominica, stressed the need to address the hostile global trading environment.
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Franco Frattini, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy, and Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan, co-chaired the session.
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Partnership Event on UN System Coherence to Achieve MDG 6
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Moderator Paul Bekkers, the Netherlands.
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Babatunde Osotimehin, Nigeria, described HIV and AIDS actions in his country.
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Ambassador Paul Kavanagh, Ireland, noted the adoption of GA resolution 277, which he foresaw leading to actions on gender and funding.
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Launch of the EC Report "MDGs at Midpoint"
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François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics, co-authored the report.
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Panelists during the launch of the EU report.
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MDG Achievement Fund: Lessons Learned and Ways Forward
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Alvaro Colom, President of Guatemala, was welcomed to the dais.
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Armando Emilio Guebuza, President of Mozambique, welcomed the strong commitment to accelerate the achievement of the MDGs and the on-going country level UN reforms.
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MDG 7 Target to Reduce the Rate of Loss of Biodiversity
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Balakrishna Pisupati, UNEP, announced the launch of the report "MDG on Reducing Biodiversity Loss and the CBD?s 2010 Targets," co-authored with Renata Rubian, UNDP. Charles McNeil, UNDP, stressed that when biodiversity is integrated into the MDGs, it becomes everybody's concern.
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World Business and Development Awards
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Distinguished participants in the World Business/Development Awards ceremony.
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Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Jordan.
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Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal.
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Kemal Derviş, UNDP Administrator.
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Press Conferences
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Press conference to launch the new UN-REDD initiative to reduce emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation.
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Bill Gates at the Gates Foundation's launch of the "Purchase for Progress" agricultural initiative.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Around the Partnership Events
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