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Closing the Human Rights Gap in MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
On this Global Day to Stand up against Poverty” (17 October), we are offering a message and a tool for monitoring our common Millennium Development Goal No. 7. This brief pamphlet explains the background of the MDGs and proposes ways that States, UN agencies and our civil society can use appropriate monitoring indicators make MDG 7 more meaningful and consistent with the simultaneous human rights obligations of State. The Closing the Human Rights Gap in MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability brochure is available at: http://www.hlrn.org/publication_det.php?cat_name=&id=38
On this Global Day to Stand up against Poverty” (17 October), we are offering a message and a tool for monitoring our common Millennium Development Goal No. 7. This brief pamphlet explains the background of the MDGs and proposes ways that States, UN agencies and our civil society can use appropriate monitoring indicators make MDG 7 more meaningful and consistent with the simultaneous human rights obligations of State. The Closing the Human Rights Gap in MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability brochure is available at: http://www.hlrn.org/publication_det.php?cat_name=&id=38
Throughout the current HIC campaign, and beyond, we look forward to working with you to apply and adapt these tools to ensure that “another world is possible” as we Act Together Toward Housing for All. For more information on the campaign, please visit: http://campaign.hic-net.org/
For comments or questions, please contact:
Global Program Officer Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN)- Habitat International Coalition (HIC)
11 Tiba St. , 2nd Floor Muhandisin, Cairo Egypt Tele/fax: +20 (0)2 3760-0755 Mobile : +20 (0)10 649 3399 E-mail: abalata@hlrn.org
Join the 2007/2008 Housing and Land Rights Campaign at:: http://campaign.hic-net.org/default.asp