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| | UNESCO's Director-General writes to Kofi Annan and G8 leaders to support Education for All
24-06-2005 - UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura has written today to the U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the G8 leaders in advance of the forthcoming G8 Summit, to be held at Gleneagles, Scotland, United Kingdom on 6-8 July 2005. |
In his letter to the leaders of the major industrialized countries, Mr Matsuura reminded them of the central importance of education’s contribution to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). He stressed that the six Education for All (EFA) goals, agreed at the World Education Forum in Dakar (Senegal), in April 2000, are "a necessary foundation for reaching the MDGs".
He urged the G8 leaders to mobilize increased financial aids for developing countries having a sound policy framework and the potential to deliver on their EFA commitments.
In his letter to UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, the Director-General highlighted how the year 2005, through the G8 Summit and the UN Millennium+5 Summit in New York, provides “an outstanding opportunity to advance the global agenda for poverty alleviation and to mobilize international support for achieving the MDGs”.
Mr Matsuura expressed the hope that the Gleneagles Summit would be a turning point for achieving the international development agenda so that poverty, hunger and illiteracy may be eliminated in our lifetime.
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Flash Info n°116-2005
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