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Rights & Democracy Network
National Summer Mingler 2005
June 7-9, 2005
On the occasion of Rights & Democracy’s international conference entitled
Implementing the Millennium Development Goals:
Our Human Rights Obligation
In June 2005, 17 representatives of Rights & Democracy Delegations from 8 Canadian provinces were invited to participate in the Rights & Democracy International Conference on Implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The goal of the meeting was to provide active members of the Rights & Democracy Network with an opportunity to:
- Learn more about links between development and human rights;
- Communicate their perspective on the issues to key players in the development of international cooperation policies and strategies;
- Contribute to promoting and reinforcing the activities of university delegations around these issues.
Students were invited to draft essays on the topic. The top four essays are reproduced below:
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
The MDGs Need a Ninth Goal: Human Security
Matthew Grant
Mount Allison University Delegation (NB)
MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Emphasizing Goal Number Seven: A Student’s Perspective
Allison Coady
Delegation Coordinator
History
Mount Allison University Delegation (NB)
MDG 8: Develop a global partnership for development
Le rôle du Canada, les OMDs et la dette
Jean-Philippe Deschamps-Laporte
Délégation HEC Montréal (QC)
Linking Human Rights and MDGs
Kate Press
Master of Arts
Carleton University Delegation (ON)
"What better way to motivate the delegates than to invite them to the annual Rights and Democracy conference in Ottawa, this year entitled ‘Implementing the Millennium Development Goals: Our Human Rights Obligation’?"
Reflections on the Rights and Democracy MDG Conference in Ottawa
and the Summer 2005 Network Mingler
Allison Coady
Delegation Coordinator
History
Mount Allison University Delegation (NB)
Student Network Members' Reflections about the MDGs
Resources
Millenium Campaign - Calls to Action - UN
Millenium Campaign - Campaigning Toolkit - UN
(Including the Millennium Campaign's MDGs Youth Action Guide (PDF))
Report on Rights & Democracy's Conference about the MDGs (PDF)
The Millennium Development Goals
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17)
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