UN summit meeting in 2005 to review progress towards global anti-poverty goals:
17 December 2004
The United Nations General Assembly today approved a multi-stage work plan for 2005 that culminates in a high-level review of worldwide progress towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) just ahead of commemorations of the world body's sixtieth anniversary next September.
Unanimously adopting a resolution on the format and organization of its work from late June through mid-September, the Assembly agreed that a High-Level Millennium review would be held from 14 to 16 September, and include the same format of debates and roundtable discussions of the 2000 Millennium Summit. "

The UN is at a crossroads!
Our networking Bergen Chapter of UNA-USA is hosting two very distinguished speakers at Fairleigh Dickenson University on Wed. Jan 19 at 7:30 p.m,\.
Ian Williams is a seasoned correspondent on international affairs with experiences as colorful as a drinking competition with Premier Chou en Lai and a literary argument with Madame Mao. He is UN correspondent for The Nation and appears regularly on CNN, BBC and many other tv channels.
Jeffrey Laurenti is a senior adviser of the United Nations Foundation created by a billion dollar bequest from Ted Turner. His long time experience with UN relations gives him a unique perspective on the Report of the UN's High Level Panel.on the restructuring of the UN.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will open the seminar on "Confronting Islamophobia: Education for Tolerance and Understanding" at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 7 December. The seminar will be the second in the series entitled "Unlearning Intolerance", organized by the
Educational Outreach Section of the United Nations Department of PublicInformation (DPI).

This seminar is open to members of the public, delegations, NGOs.
Registration is required. To register, please write including your name and affiliation to: Vikram Sura, Educational Outreach Section, Outreach Division, Department of Public Information, e-mail: sura@un.org, tel:
1-212-963-8274, fax: 1-917-367-6075;

To view the official press release go to the link below:
un.org

"Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in LDCs" organized by The United Nations Office of the High Representative of the Least Developed Countries,Landlocked Developing Countriesand Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) Wednesday 15 December 2004
Conference Room 6 11 am-12 pm

You are cordially invited to the Open Forum for Partnerships at the United Nations. Mr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General on the Millennium Development Goals will make a presentation on "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in LDCs".