MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Hon. Kevin Rudd MP Canberra 7 October 2010 Australia will be investing $60 million over three years to help give children in developing countries life saving vaccines.
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Australia doubles its GAVI commitment to US$58 million over three years
Mary Robinson, Chair of the GAVI Alliance Board, welcomes the new commitment, which will help save the lives of 4.2 million children New York City, 6 October 2010 – With a new pledge of A$ 60 million (US$ 58 million) over three years, the Government of Australia doubled its previous commitment to the GAVI Alliance [...]
‘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
Says Torch Bearers of Conference, Greatest Allies of United Nations, Should Take What They Learned, Raise Awareness Back Home about What is at Stake MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 1 September: “This is not the time to question the validity of the MDGs themselves, but rather a time to roll up our sleeves and do what is necessary [...]
Millennium Development Goals Moral Imperative, But Largely Off-Track for Poorest, Least Politically Powerful People, Says Declaration at DPI/NGO Conference
Achieving Millennium Development Goals Would Cost Less than One-Tenth of Annual Global Military Spending, Roundtable Told MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 1 September – The fourth and final roundtable 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”.
A call for the UN World Leaders to pay greater attention to HIV prevention amongst drug users.
Delegates at the UN-DPI Conference on the Millennium Development Goals health targets today endorsed a call for the UN World Leaders Summit in September to pay greater attention to HIV prevention amongst drug users. A special workshop on Drugs and HIV/AIDS today unanimously endorsed a call for the forthcoming UN Summit on the Millennium Development [...]
The Sound of Peace Radiating Throughout the 63rd NGO Conference to Wish Human Rights Prevail in the World!
The reverberated sound of the Bell of Peace has radiated in the 63rd DPI/NGO annual conference in Melbourne, delivering the best wishes to the people, United Nations, the whole world and all living creatures in the universe.
Statement on “Strengthening humanitarian response to severe floods in Pakistan” to Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Kiyo Akasaka
From the Fred Hollows Foundation, Imamia Medics International, Oxfam Australia, and World Vision Australia at the 63rd United Nations Annual Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organization Conference Recognizing the population’s growing needs in Pakistan caused by severe flooding from monsoon rains and the disaster’s magnitude having directly affected 17.6 million people with approximately 1600 killed, [...]
The Declaration
63rd Annual United nations DPI/NGO conference – Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDG’s This Declaration is agreed by the 1,600 participants representing over 350 Non-Governmental Organizations from more than 70 countries who met in Melbourne from 30 August to 1 September, 2010.
Pakistan floods – freeze debts to allow more money for health
International aid agencies Oxfam, Fred Hollows Foundation, and World Vision have joined with delegates at a United Nations’ health conference in Melbourne, Australia to call for the international community to freeze Pakistan’s debt and do more to help the country cope with the devastating effects of widespread flooding.
Pakistan debt moratorium receives standing ovation
Tim Costello of World Vision Australia has proposed a two-year debt moratorium for Pakistan to help it overcome the tremendous health challenges brought about by the recent flooding. The surprise proposition, coming immediately after the acceptance of the conference Declaration, received a standing ovation from the assembled delegates. We will be posting official statements from the relevant organisations as soon as [...]
Conference Photos (Snapshot)
