On International Women’s Day, Campaign calls on governments to take immediate action to curb maternal mortality and ensure girls and women have access to education, meaningful employment and political participation

March 6, 2009 –“I have been campaigning on the issue of maternal mortality for quite some time now. But last week, it hit me directly: My sister, Asmau, age 33, died in Nigeria, two hours after delivering her second child, a boy who she never held. Asmau was not an illiterate woman. She was a senior science teacher, and her husband is a college principal.

As host to the G-8 Summit and 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada – one of the world’s richest countries but lower aid donors — is urged to seize historic opportunity to reclaim leadership in the fight against global poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals

Ahead of G‐8 summit, United Nations Millennium Campaign warns that developing countries will be forced to slash desperately‐needed expenditures for the poor; Campaign calls on G‐8leaders to urgently provide financial resources to poor countries

Millennium Campaign cautions that while additional resources are urgently needed tohelp the world’s poor survive the economic crisis, they must be free of harmfulconditionalities that increase indebtedness and put at risk the achievement of theMillennium Development Goals

Not a good start for the “premier forum for international economic cooperation

”The United Nations Millennium Campaign is disappointed that the recently concluded G‐20 meetingsended with nothing more than vague commitments to the needs of the world’s poorest represented bythe Millennium Development Goals.

United Nations Millennium Campaign Warns that Poor Countries Risk Being Left Out of Looming EconomicRecovery

Ahead of Friday’s G‐20 summit in Pittsburgh, the United Nations Millennium Campaign is releasing new figureswhich show that unless rich countries marshal additional resources at the summit, they are likely to deliver $33billion less aid than promised to the poor countries which are hardest hit by the global economic crisis. At thesame time, packages intended to help poor countries address the crisis might drive them deeper into debt.

Amsterdam, March 17, 2009 – From March 20 to April 20, 2009, international denim brand G-Star Raw will support the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) through their162 monobrand stores worldwide. A specially designed art object in the main store window, willraise the awareness of the MDGS among the passing public, while in-store point of sale materialsurge consumers to take action to end poverty.

UN Millennium Campaign vows to support citizens’ monitoring of commitments made by G-20 leaders

(April 2, 2009) — The UN Millennium Campaign welcomes the recommitment from G-20 leaders to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the needs of the world’spoorest. The Campaign also welcomes the massive resources pledged by G-20 leadersto developing countries – in both recommitments to previous aid commitments and newpledges.

The United Nations Millennium Campaign is urging G-7 finance ministers, meeting in Rome on February 13-14 to address the economic crisis, not to forget about the world’s poorest people, who have had nothing to do with the causes of the crisis, but are facing the consequences.

Ahead of UN General Assembly’s high‐level summit on the economic crisis on June 24‐26, UN Millennium Campaign says new analysis indicates that finding money for aid is a matter of political will – not lack of resources – and calls on donors to finally meet their aid commitments