General objectives

and transmitted to the Drafting Committee

The general objectives of this Agreement are indicated hereafter

These goals were underpinned by concrete targets.

The working languages of the meeting will be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

In this policy paper, the following goals and timeframe were established to

Innovations in governance and public administration for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals

We have adopted the goals, targets and indicators as a reference framework for drawing up our public policies.

(c) To consider general aims and problems and develop proposals for international cooperation.

b Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August 4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.

Innovation in public administration for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals including those contained in the Millennium Declaration

In 2003, the first national development framework laid out the Government's broad development objectives.

Name specific goals that the policy of revitalization of public administration has been pursuing

As we know, the general goals contained in the Millennium Declaration have been laid down in numerous United Nations global conferences and summarized in the Millennium Development Goals.

In addition, not only is the revitalization of public administration necessary to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, but itself depends upon the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

General contribution of ILO to the Millennium Development Goals

The general principles referred to in point 1 are analysed during the targeting procedure.

Recognizing that strengthening public health and health care delivery systems is critical to achieving internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,

Reaffirming the role of the public service in the attainment of national goals for social and economic development, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,

The project will support the overall objectives of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia.

The broad goals contained in the Millennium Declaration are fully consistent with those set out in the peace agreements signed in December 1996 and those contained in the programme of the current Government.

Above all, we must use goals to focus policy.

It should continue to analyse the effectiveness of incentives, targeting and other policy tools.

Aware of the tremendous potential of this approach to development efforts, the Committee of Experts on Public Administration decided to devote part of its fifth session to the discussion of innovation in public administration for the achievement of the internationally agreed goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.

It ensures that public rather than private interests guide decision making in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Participants stressed the importance of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Examples were provided of how the Millennium Development Goals were systematically used by national institutions to assess and guide public policies in the economic and social fields.

The general objectives of the meeting were to strengthen regional cooperation in the management of land resources and to support the implementation of the UNCCD in the region.

The goals being pursued by the General Assembly and the larger international community are of great importance and relevance to the private sector.

The focus on assessing progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after five years occupied much of the attention of the General Assembly for most of the year.

8 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Institute of Applied Economic Research, and United Nations Development Programme, 2002, Meeting the Millennium Poverty Reduction Targets in Latin America and the Caribbean (United Nations publication, Sales No.

In this regard, the General Assembly reiterated the importance of a timely implementation of the Convention which would contribute to meeting MDGs.

What are the emerging principles and strategies in governance and public administration innovation for achieving the Millennium Development Goals?

A major achievement of the High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly had been the strong commitment to attaining the Millennium Development Goals.

Indonesia therefore looked forward to the General Assembly's review of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in 2005.

The United Nations, and the General Assembly, cannot abdicate the responsibility to secure fulfilment of the development goals and commitments that have been undertaken.

Unfortunately, it is the experience of my country, and our general observation in Micronesia, that we face an uphill battle in meeting and implementing these Goals.

What kind of public administration structures and systems are needed to make these institutions more pro poor and oriented towards the Millennium Development Goals?

The General Assembly also encouraged UNIFEM to work with the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) to ensure that the gender dimensions of all the international development goals are incorporated into the MDGs and the operational activities of the United Nations system .

A strategy for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a whole should also address the issue of sexual and reproductive health rights, which were essential to women's empowerment, itself a prerequisite for attaining all MDGs.

Clearly, however, the MDGs were a public relations triumph, which is not to belittle their contribution.

A number of innovative and successful solutions are being applied to governance and public administration challenges, including the Millennium Development Goals.

A high level policy board will provide strategic guidance and policy oversight to ensure that learning is strategically linked to corporate objectives and is effective in helping reach the organizational targets of this plan.

7. Also requests the Secretary General to support information exchange and research and to disseminate successful practices and advisory services in public administration that contribute to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration

(b) Identify gaps and obstacles with a view to making recommendations on practical measures and policy options to enhance coherence and effectiveness and to promote development cooperation for the realization of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals

States have made commitments in the 2001 United Nations General Assembly Declaration of Commitment on HIV AIDS as well as in each of the eight Millennium Development Goals.