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UNHQ General Assembly Hall
20 - 22 September, 2010

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The High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly will focus on accelerating progress towards the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, taking into account the progress made with regard to the internationally agreed development goals, through a comprehensive review of successes, best practices and lessons learned, obstacles and gaps, challenges and opportunities, leading to concrete strategies for action, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report in this regard in March 2010.

The High-level Plenary Meeting will consist of a total of six meetings, on the basis of two meetings a day, as follows:

Monday, 20 September 2010, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The podium in the General Assembly Hall will have three seats to accommodate the two Co-Chairpersons and the Secretary-General.

At the opening plenary meeting, on Monday morning, 20 September 2010, the initial speakers will be the two Co-Chairpersons, the Secretary-General, the head of the delegation of the host country of the Organization, the President of the Economic and Social Council, the President of the World Bank, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, as the Chair of the United Nations Development Group.



Participation by Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society and the Private Sector

As has been the case in previous high-level meetings of the General Assembly, due to increased security measures necessary to accommodate the meetings, access to the UN premises will be severely restricted for representatives of ECOSOC-accredited NGOs.

Participation as speakers:

As per resolution 64/184, a small number of representatives of NGOs, CSOs and the private sector will be participating as speakers in the Round Tables. A Task Force of civil society representatives is assisting the Office of the President of the General Assembly in the nomination process of these speakers.

Participation as observers:


Representatives of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can be issued a secondary pass with access to the fourth floor balcony viewing gallery in the General Assembly hall for the plenary sessions on 20, 21 and 22 September.

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Detailed Information
	Date 20 - 22 September, 2010 Time Location UNHQ General Assembly Hall Organizer President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly [ UN ENTITY ] External Link http://www.un.org/en/mdg/summit2010/

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	Please sign in to add a Comment by NGO Branch [ UN ENTITY ] 30 Jul 2010 A fraudulent e-mail message has been circulated from info-un [AT] rogers.com inviting organizations to register for the "United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG Summit) 20-22 September 2010, London.". Read more here Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by NGO Branch [ UN ENTITY ] 27 Jul 2010 Participation as observers: If you wish to attend as an observer, due to increased security messages necessary to accommodate the high-level meetings of the General Assembly, access to the UN premises will be severely restricted. You are encouraged to follow the proceedings on UN Webcast. Representatives of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC can be issued a courtesy pass with access to the fourth floor balcony viewing gallery in the General Assembly hall for the plenary sessions on 20, 21 and 22 September. - Passes are reserved for representatives of ECOSOC-accredited NGOs only. - Secondary passes for these seats will be made available from the DESA NGO Branch from Thursday, 16 September, 9:00 am onwards. - You must have a valid annual pass of an ECOSOC-accredited NGO and must present yourself in person. One representative per organization will be issued. - There will be no pre-registration for these observer seats. First come first served. - Secondary passes must be used by the person applying and cannot be used by another representatives. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication [NGO] 22 Jul 2010 Dear Madam/Sir, Greetings from Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) . BNNRC is NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council 2010. BNNRC strives for achieveing Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Action Plan and UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh. In this backdrop, we would like to join MDG Summit 2010 - High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly. We would be very happy if you take necessary step in this regard. Bazlu _______________________ AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR Chief Executive Officer Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) [NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council] & Head, Community Radio Academy House: 13/1, Road: 2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501 Cell: 01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105 E-mail: ceo@bnnrc.net www.bnnrc.net Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by NGO Branch [ UN ENTITY ] 13 Aug 2010 Please read here http://esango.un.org/irene/?page=viewContent&type=3&nr=5341§ion=3 regarding the modalities for participation to the MDG Summit. by International Center for New Media [NGO] 16 Jul 2010 Is it possible to find out which organisations take part or attend the summit? World Summit Youth Award (http://www.youthaward.org) is holding its Winners Events in New York City aside the UN Global Summit. We are promoting and showcasing young bring together the most committed and creative Young People from around the world using Internet and mobile to reach the Millennium Development Goals. We are very interested in enabling our Winners a shared workshop or seminar with another participating NGO in order to give them the possibility to see how others are putting the MDGs into action! Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Horizon Aids Awareness and Support Organization [NGO] 24 Jul 2010 Thanx for all your efforts, could you please send me more information on how to attend this UN Global summit seminar, i would indeed like to attend. My name is Richard Mukasa the Director HAASO South Africa a CSO affliated to the UN CSO. I have atteded several un meeting and quiet interested to attend yours too. Please respond directly to my email( rmukasa@uwc.ac.za. Thanx alot, May God Bless by Youth Against Violence Initiatives [NGO] 13 Jul 2010 This is a unique and important conference,kindly tell us how to participate at this conference. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by International Initiative for Peace [NGO] 7 Jul 2010 Please we need to know the best way to attend the event, by International Initiative for Peace (IIP) Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by ICW Global Comunidad Internacional de Mujeres viviendo con VIH - SIDA., Asociación Civil [NGO] 30 Jun 2010 Please we need to know how to do in order to participate this event. Thank You. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Youth Foundation of Bangladesh [NGO] 28 Jun 2010 how can apply to join on that Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Batool Welfare Trust [NGO] 12 Jun 2010 Batool Welfare Trust is working hard to achieve the MDGs of United Nations,the upcoming MDG Summit 2010 - High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly is a hallmark step of UN,in which Millions of people across the globe get valuable information,and knowledge,which support them to work more professionally for the MDGs. Batool Welfare Trust is fully comited to achieve the targets of MDGs in the Universal Primary Education,Genger Equality and Women Empowerment,Sustainability of Environment,Eradicate Poverty and Hunger,Combat HIV/AIDS from the society.BWT is working under the charter of United Nations.BWT also highly appriciate the pivital role of United Nations and its all Departments. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Social Development Association [NGO] 24 May 2010 Social Development Association endeavors to empower and improve the quality of life of the marzinalized and vulnerable communities in the least developed parts of the country through welfare, participatory research and development, capacity building, promotion of best practices and partnership building, advocacy, and by launching sustainable and replicable innovative projects. Very Nice Step of the MDG Summit as we can apply online for this event. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Aim In Life Foundation [NGO] 21 May 2010 MDG Summit will change the vision of global economy.we believe in global village,so that online application should be there to attend the event.we also know technology can help us to reach the MDG target . Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by gospel to the poor [NGO] 8 Apr 2010 pls, can u kindly explain d reason for inability to register online and wat can b done.ow can i aply,i want to contribute and would appreciate if i can b around wen ameeting is held.pls reply. my email address is tollyluv2002@yahoo.com Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Sahkar Social Welfare Association [NGO] 31 Mar 2010 Very Nice Step of the MDG Summit but why we can not apply online for this event? Please sign in to Reply to this Comment