taking stock of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals

Published: Monday, September 06, 2010

Dear colleagues and supporters

of the Act Now on 2015 campaign,

As you know, in less than 3 weeks' time, the UN Summit on the MDGs will take place in New York, taking stock of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.

In addition to the Dóchas position paper sent to you some time ago (available here), we now also have a new briefing paper on the link between the MDGs and Disability.

The attached document, which is also available on the Dóchas website was developed by the Dóchas Disability and International Development Group.

The paper reminds us all that 600 million people in the world have a disability and that 1 in 5 of the world's poorest people has a disability. Yet, disability is not mentioned once in any of the 8 MDGs, the 18 targets or the 48 indicators. For this reason, the paper argues that it is only by addressing the needs of the most marginalised, such as those with disabilities, that we stand a chance of achieving poverty eradication and sustainable development for all.

We trust you find this paper of great interest.