JCI and the UN Millennium Development Goals MDGs

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JCI and the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Prepared by Edmond Sakai Presented by VP Lori
Tomlin
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As the result of the 2003 JCI-UN Leadership
Summit held at UN Headquarters in New York, JCI
took over the responsibility to contribute to
the efforts of UN and presented a resolution
supporting the UN Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), which is the main program put into
practice by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
2003 JCI-UN Leadership SummitBackground
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What are the UN Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) for ?

• The MDGs commit the international community to an
  expanded vision of development, one that
  vigorously promotes human development as the key
  to sustaining social and economic progress in all
  countries, and recognizes the importance of
  creating a global partnership for development.
• The goals have been commonly accepted as a
  framework for measuring development progress.
• The eight MDGs are
• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV-aids, malaria and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Develop a global partnership for development

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2004 JCI Resolution to Advance the MDGs
Based on the 2004 JCI-UN Leadership Summit, JCI
will focus on the promotion of the following MDGs
from 2005 onwards

• Africa and Middle East
• MDG 1 (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger) 
• MDG 6 (Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
  diseases)
• Asia/Pacific
• MDG 1 (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger)

• Americas
• MDG 4 (Reduce child mortality)
• MDG 8 (Develop a global partnership for
  development)
• Europe
• MDG 8 (Develop a global partnership for
  development).

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MDGs goals and targets

• MDG 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Africa Middle East / Asia Pacific
• Target 1 Halve, by 2015, the proportion of
  people whose income is less than 1 a day
• Target 2 Halve, by 2015, the proportion of
  people who suffer from hunger.
• MDG 4 Reduce child mortality
• Americas
• Target Reduce by two-thirds, by 2015, the
  under-five mortality rate.

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MDGs goals and targets

• MDG 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• Africa Middle East
• Target 1 Have halted by 2015 and begun to
  reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
• Target 2 Have halted by 2015 and begun to
  reverse the incidence of malaria and other major
  diseases.
• MDG 8 Develop a global partnership for
  development
• Europe/Americas
• Target 1 Develop further an open, rule-based,
  predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and
  financial system (includes a commitment to good
  governance, development, and poverty
  reductionboth nationally and internationally)

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MDGs goals and targets

• MDG 8 Develop a global partnership for
  development (cont.)
• Europe/Americas
• Target 2 Address the special needs of the least
  developed countries (includes tariff-and
  quota-free access for exports, enhanced program
  of debt relief for heavily indebted poor
  countries, cancellation of official bilateral
  debt, and more generous official development
  assistance for countries committed to poverty
  reduction)
• Target 3 Address the special needs of landlocked
  countries and small island developing states
  (through the Program of Action for the
  Sustainable Development of Small Island
  Developing States)
• Target 4 Deal comprehensively with the debt
  problems of developing countries through national
  and international measures in order to make debt
  sustainable in the long term

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MDGs goals and targets

• MDG 8 Develop a global partnership for
  development (cont.)
• Europe/Americas
• Target 5 In cooperation with developing
  countries, develop and implement strategies for
  decent and productive work for youth
• Target 6 In cooperation with pharmaceutical
  companies, provide access to affordable,
  essential drugs in developing countries
• Target 7 In cooperation with the private sector,
  make available the benefits of new technologies,
  especially information and communications.

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Benefits from Conducting MDG Projects

• Gain points towards obtaining 100 efficiency
• Consideration for JCI E-Awards
• Publicity for LOM/NOM/Member
• Credibility for the Organization
• Forum for exchange of ideas
• Creation of lasting changes by working
  synergistically towards the same goal

• Aid the UN in obtaining its goals towards
  strengthen human rights, dignity and worth of the
  human person, in the equal rights of men and
  women and of nations large and small
• Promote social progress and better standards of
  life in larger freedom.

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