Loading..."What ever you do for one of the least of these brothers of mine you do for me" - Matthew 25:40
Economist tell us that we are the first generation that can eradicate extreme poverty.
The MDGs represent a global partnership that has grown from the commitments and targets established at the world summits of the 1990s. Responding to the world's main development challenges and to the calls of civil society, the MDGs promote poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality, AIDS and other diseases. Set for completion in the 2015, the MDGs are an agreed set of goals that can be achieved if all actors work together and do their part. Poor countries have pledged to govern better, and invest in their people through health care and education. Rich countries have pledged to support them, through aid, debt relief, and fairer trade.
Resources:
Resolutions adopted by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church USA
- Reaffirmation of Commitment to the Millennium Development Goals
- Executive Council Minutes, Jun. 17, 2011, Linthicum Heights, MD, p. 33.
- Reaffirmation of NetsforLife Fund and Millennium Development Goals
- Executive Council Minutes, Feb. 18, 2011, Fort Worth, TX, p. 9.
- Referrals of Strategic Plan Activity to General Convention Bodies
- Executive Council Minutes, Jun. 18, 2010, Linthicum Heights, MD, pp. 11-13.
- Designation of Funds for Millennium Development Goals
- Executive Council Minutes, Mar. 2-4, 2007, Portland, OR, pp. 4-5.
- Appointment of a Task Force on Millennium Development Goals
- Executive Council Minutes, Nov. 12-15, 2006, Chicago, IL, pp. 8-9.
- Recommendation for Eradicating Global Poverty Publication
- Executive Council Minutes, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Des Moines, IA, p. 22.
- Affirmation of the International Conference on Population and Development
- Executive Council Minutes, Feb. 9-12, 2004, Tampa, FL, p. 27.
- Reaffirmation of UN Millennium Development Goals
- Executive Council Minutes, Feb. 9-12, 2004, Tampa, FL, pp. 29-30.
