Outcome of the 2010 UN MDGs Review Summit
With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), world leaders met at a summit in New York (20-22 September 2010) to discuss progress towards the MDGs.
Around 140 Heads of State and Government took part in the three-day meeting at UN Headquarters in New York.
The high-level meeting of the General Assembly was held to take stock of the progress made so far towards the MDGs and to accelerate progress to reach the Goals by their 2015 target date.
The Outcome Document of the MDG Summit
The Zero Draft Outcome Document for the MDG Summit was presented by the co-facilitators, Ambassadors of Senegal and Denmark, on 7 June 2010.
Bond and Bond members gave feedback through DFID, and fed into the global response to the document which was coordinated by GCAP. A revised Draft Outcome Document was released on 28 July 2010.
The final Outcome Document does not contain concrete details or committments, and is more in the style of a political declaration which encourages world leaders to reaffirm their committments. There are references to the need for reform and modernisation of international financial institutions, the need to improve Official Development Assistance, the need to make full use of accountability mechanisms and the need for developed countires to achieve the target of 0.7% of GNP for ODA. The document does not represent a costed, timetabled action plan for achieving the MDGs, which is a key demand of civil society.
UN documents
Keeping the promise: United to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Statements by member states at the MDG Summit
Compilation of Partnership Events and Action Commitments (a final draft is due to be released)
Compilation of Commitments made to the Secretary General's Plan on Women's and Children's Health
Round up by UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
UK Government statements
Speech by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit (Watch it here)
UK Government: UK to lead global efforts to defeat malaria
UK Government: Partnership to support countries' maternal health plans
UK Government: UK hails plan to save 16 million women and children
Global civil society responses
Act Alliance: An Action Plan for the Inert
UK civil society responses
Action Aid: UN MDG Summit closing statement
Amnesty UK: World leaders fail to uphold rights of poorest
Article 19: World leaders fail to deliver on commitment to accountability and transparency
Save the Children: World leaders: run don't walk
Tearfund: Billions will be disappointed by MDGs summit
UNICEF: World Leaders to adopt declaration to keep the promise
World Development Movement: Assessing the progress towards the MDGs
Civil society representation at 2010 Summit
It was very difficult for civil society representatives to gain access to the 2010 MDG Summit. A small number of representatives of NGOs, CSOs and the private sector participated as speakers in the Round Tables. A Task Force of civil society representatives assisted the Office of the President of the General Assembly in the nomination process of these speakers.
The UN encouraged individuals to follow the proceedings on UN Webcast. The UK did not include any civil society representatives in its official delegation, as opposed to countries like Denmark and Ireland, who included seven and four representatives of civil society respectively.
