LAUNCH OF MDG REPORT 2010

THE MDG ADVOCACY GROUP
To galvanize support for the Millennium Development Goals, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has established an MDG Advocacy Group of eminent personalities who have shown outstanding leadership in promoting the implementation of the Goals. The wide range of these Advocates' backgrounds and expertise is indicative that the preparatory process for the MDG Summit in September needs to engage all stakeholders.

The MDG Advocacy Group will support the Secretary-General in building political will and mobilizing global action to make the MDG Summit a turning point in our collective effort to achieve the Goals by the 2015 target date.

Co-Chairs
Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Prime Minister of Spain
Members
Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh)
Nobel Peace Prize Winner, founder of the Grameen Bank

Focus on MDG 8 (global partnership for development)

Michelle Bachelet (Chile)
Former President
Focus on MDG 3 (gender equality and the empowerment of women)

Stine Bosse (Denmark)
CEO of TrygVesta Group, Chairman of Børnefonden (The Childrens' Fund)

Focus on MDG 3 (gender equality and the empowerment of women)

Philippe Douste-Blazy (France)
UN Special Advisor on innovative financing for development

Focus on MDGs 4, 5, 6 (child mortality, maternal health, HIV/AIDS and other diseases)

Wangari Maathai (Kenya)
Nobel Peace Prize Winner, environmental and political activist

Focus on MDG 7 (environmental sustainability)
Dho Young-Shim (Republic of Korea)
Chairman of the UN World Tourism Organization's Sustainable Tourism

for Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) Foundation
Focus on MDG 2 (universal primary education)
Julio Frenk (Mexico)
Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, former Minister of Health

Focus on MDG 4 (child mortality)
Akin Adesina (Nigeria)
Vice President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Focus on MDG 1 (extreme poverty and hunger)
HHS Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser (Qatar)
First Lady, Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development

Focus on MDG 2 (universal primary education)
Graça Machel (South Africa / Mozambique)
Former First Lady, advocate for women's and children's rights

Focus on MDG 3 (gender equality and the empowerment of women)

Jan Eliasson (Sweden)
Chair of WaterAid Sweden, Former President of the UN General Assembly

Focus on MDG 7 (environmental sustainability)
Ray Chambers (United States)
The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria

Focus on MDG 6 (HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases)

Bill Gates (United States)
Philanthropist, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chairman of Microsoft Corp.

Focus on MDGs 4, 5, 6 (child mortality, maternal health, HIV/AIDS and other diseases)

Jeffrey Sachs (United States)
UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the MDGs
Focus on all MDGs
Ted Turner (United States)
Philanthropist, Chairman of Turner Enterprises Inc.

Focus on all MDGs
Issued by the UN Department of Public Information – June 2010

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