An international and inter-sectoral civil society coalition, representing over 170 organizations and networks from across the globe, has written a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to present its recommendations for the UN High-Level Plenary on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) this September.

This civil society coalition draws attention to the inequities in delivering results across targets, regions and social groups, which have held back progress across the MDGs. It calls not only for a holistic approach but also for a renewed focus on those targets, regions and people left furthest behind.

Enclosed with the letter is the joint report Breaking Barriers, authored by End Water Poverty, Action for Global Health, WaterAid and Action Contre La Faim, which includes specific recommendations that the coalition would like to see considered in the drafting of the final communiqué at the MDG Summit. More specifically the letter as well as the report call for:
1. Agreeing a Global Action Plan to meet the MDGs, with more and better finances, robust accountability mechanisms and a greater role for the involvement of civil society.
2. Enhancing integrated and holistic approaches at a national and global level to achieve key development outcomes in a more effective and equitable way.
3. Providing a renewed focus on the most off-track targets and countries: more and better finance for interlinked targets like nutrition, health, sanitation and water, comprehensively delivered, with additional focus on the poorest countries.

To access the letter, click here.

To access the joint report, click here.

Source: http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=amdg10&id_article=2746