Latin American and Caribbean Seminar
Partnerships for a New Era
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
June 1 - 4, 2004 o Santiago, Chile
The Conference of Non Governmental
Organizations (CONGO) and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean organized a seminar in Santiago, Chile, June 1-4,
2004, to present Millennium Goals and discuss ways to implement them
by 2015.
1- Eradicate extreme poverty
and hunger;
2- Achieve universal primary education;
3- Promote gender equality and empower women;
4- Reduce child mortality;
5- Improve maternal health;
6- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;
7- Ensure environmental sustainability and
8- Develop a global partnership for development.
There is still much to be
accomplished in all the countries in Latin America: most of them are
still in extreme poverty, that is, with insufficient food and revenues
per capita under a US dollar a day.
75 agencies and NGOs participated
in the conference. We were given a very warm welcome, thanks to CONGO
President of the Board Mrs. Renate Bloem, New York Representative
Mrs. Leslie Wright, but also our dear Chilean friends!
From Santiago,
Chile: Sister Marie Odile + snd.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/LAC04/index.htm