Unprecedented monsoon rains commenced Thursday 29 July, with flooding affecting northern Pakistan, building over the next three days. Flood waters made their way south in the first week of August. Additional rains over the following weeks, causing rivers to breach, have added to the impact in southern Pakistan, mainly Sindh and Punjab provinces.
All the latest on the Pakistan Moratorium Pledge
There are a large number of documents coming in on the subject of Tim Costello’s bold proposition. Click through to quickly access them.
Video and photos of the proposition
World Vision/Oxfam/Fred Hollows Foundation joint statement
World Vision background document on the floods
Statement to Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Kiyo Akasaka
Global health conference puts world leaders on notice
The world must put health and well-being before profits and military expenditure, the 63rd Annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference being held in Melbourne contends in its final declaration endorsed by participants this morning.
UN conference declaration at 11am, organ stealing, depression and more
Here are some of the highlights for the final day of the conference, Wednesday 1 September.
The Conference Declaration will be presented to the 1600 delegates for their endorsement at 11 am in the plenary hall. Media welcome. A copy will be available soon.
Other events around the DPI/NGO conference today:
Media program Wednesday 1 September 2010
8am Media briefing on Roundtable 4, Achieving the MDGs in Our Changing World
UN BRIEFING ROOM, Room 213
Speakers:
- Lindy Joubert, moderator (Australia)
- Jamesa Wagwau (Kenya)
- Dharmapriya Wesumperuma (Sri Lanka)
- Dr. Sue Wareham (Australia)
- Dr. Caleb Otto (Palau)
UN summit hears of pacific progress on MDGs
Melbourne, Australia (30 August, 2010) – The 63rd United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI)/NGO Conference currently underway here in Australia, today heard reports from the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu on Pacific progress at grassroots level towards implementation of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).
Sexual and reproductive health omission “disappointing”
A crucial UN Declaration released today at the UN DPI / NGO Conference “Advance global health – achieve the MDGs”, held in Melbourne, received support from NGO groups but for many the Declaration overlooked the priority issue of access to sexual and reproductive health which is vital to achieving not only MDG 5 but all the MDGs.
Drug use and HIV/AIDS: What needs to be done to achieve goal 6?
This is the speech given by John Ryan, CEO of Anex, a not-for-profit public health organisation that supports pragmatic health solutions in the area of alcohol and drug use in Australia.
Good morning
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land that we are on today and pay my respects to their elders past and present.
India’s ‘Generic Drug Campaign’
One of the important MDG targets is regarding providing access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries (Part of Goal 8).
There is lack of data regarding this important target, affecting the lives of millions of poor people. A beginning has been made in this direction in India and that experience is worth sharing. I was closely associated with this programme since its inception.
About these pages
This site has been put together to provide access to the wide range of media releases and resources for the Making Health Global activities – the UN DPI NGO conference, the public program and associated events.
This is not an official UN or Conference site. The official conference site is at http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/ngoconference
Conference Photos (Snapshot)
