The Millenium Development Goals - a photo story
 Just spotted a feature on the Guardian home page that we thought you might be interested in. It's a photo-story with related articles on the Millenium Development Goals.
In 2000, leaders from the 189 countries in the UN promised to deliver eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The goals are to end extreme poverty and hunger, reverse the spread of HIV/Aids and malaria, and to give all children an education. They're pretty ambitious but they're also achievable. We must make sure that world leaders keep their promise. This is why Panos Pictures has invited its award-winning photographers to bring the Millennium Development Goals to life.
Jeffrey D Sachs is the special adviser to the UN's secretary general, Kofi Annan. In his article he says, "We look at photos of people living in extreme poverty but see first and foremost their humanity and spirit and dedication, even in the midst of extreme deprivation."
Have a look for youself and let us know what you think. What needs to be done to keep pressure on world leaders?
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Of course, the millenium development goals are the main rallying point for future attempts to combat extreme poverty and lost aid and to promote sustainable economic development in the third world. And it is for this reason that it's all the more alarming that amidst the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, John R Boulton, the US ambassador to the UN claimed that the millienium development goals 'do not exist'!
As the central pillar to international development policy in Britain, and one of the key areas of discussion at Gleneagles, we should all be casting our gaze towards our Prime Minister, Tony Blair. I do not doubt that he's quietly having heated discussions with his counterparts in the states, but if push comes to shove at the coming UN summit, will he start to show a little independence to British foreign policy and publicly state his objection? This is an important development which has been buried by current events, and if the repeated pledges from GeorgeWBush over the MDG are not to be met, are we to assume his adherence to Hitler's dictum that 'a promise is for publication, not for fulfillment'?
By ,
September 07, 2005 12:24 PM
The Republicans' disregard of anyone else's views are extremely disturbing. I suggest that Oxfam/other members of MPH have a letter-writing campaign to Bush or a postcard - I'm sure we could easily mobilise people because nobody round here like George Bush!
By Edd,
September 07, 2005 7:40 PM
That's an interesting proposal. However, I should suggest that visibility is the key to changing a political leaders actions. MakePovertyHistory had some success because you simply couldn't miss it. It saturated the media. In addition to letter-writing campaigns, I think it's important that Tony Blair is forcefully put on the spot over this development if John Bolton refuses to take back his changes to the drafts. George Bush would be far more likely to change course if MPH was backed up with strong words from his only major ally coupled with the threat of complete isolation on the international stage. All eyes on Tony Blair.
By ,
September 09, 2005 12:41 PM
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