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Melbourne\, Australia will be the host City for this year’s 63rd Annual United Nations Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations\, on the theme “Advance Global Health\: Achieve the MDGs.” This city\, Australia’s most multicultural metropolis\, is home to around 140 cultures many of whose people came here through waves of migration dating back from the first people\, to European settlement\, to the more recent refugees from the Horn of Africa\, the Middle East and Asia. Last year approximately 180\,000 people immigrated to Australia. It is therefore fitting that the first ever UN major UN conference to be held in Australia\, should be held in this auspicious city. Equally appropriate is the fact that the theme of the conference should be focused on an issue dear to the hearts of the Australian government and people and its immigrant populations—that of global health and its importance in achieving the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs].
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For more information\, visit\: http\://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/conference/
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This briefing paper is intended to provide information and background on the upcoming United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals – or MDG summit - which will take place from 20-22 September at UN Headquarters in New York. For information on the format of the Summit\, click here
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What is the MDG Summit in September?
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Following on a proposal by the UN Secretary-General\, the General Assembly has decided to convene an MDG summit (High-level Plenary Meeting) on 20-22 September\, with the primary objective to accelerate progress towards all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015\, taking into account the progress made towards the internationally agreed development goals (A/RES/64/184). The summit is expected to undertake a comprehensive review of successes\, best practices and lessons learned\, obstacles and gaps\, challenges and opportunities\, “leading to concrete strategies for action”. The President of the General Assembly has appointed two ‘Co-facilitators’ to lead the inter-governmental negotiating process. They will likely wait until after the UN Secretary-General releases his report on the MDGs in March to begin. The Co-facilitators are the Ambassadors of Senegal and Denmark to the United Nations in New York.
In addition to the official preparatory process\, a number of related events and reports will feed into government deliberations leading to the September summit.
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Of particular relevance to civil society organisations are the Hearings of the General Assembly – a part of the official process - that will be convened from 14-15 June 2010 in New York. The details of this meeting are still being finalized\, but they likely will be similar to the Hearings that were convened in 2005 in conjunction with the 2005 World Summit.
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For more information\, visit\: http\://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=article_s&\;id_article=1963
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An international conference of The Stop TB Partnership Working Group on new TB Vaccines\, co-organized by TBVI and Aeras\, among others will be held in Tallinn\, Estonia\, September 21-24 2010. \; Online at\: http\://www.stoptb.org/events/default.asp?action=date&\;date=9/21/2010
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