Canada supports renewed commitment to Millennium Development Goals

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July 31, 2007
No. 103
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of
International Development and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages,
today announced that Canada supports the United Kingdom’s declaration on the
Millennium Development Goals.
“Canada will continue to work with its partners—other governments, the private sector
and non-governmental organizations—toward meeting these internationally agreed
objectives,” said Minister MacKay.
“Achieving the objectives described in the Millennium Development Goals requires all
countries, developed and developing, to take responsibility for their respective roles for
implementing reforms that will ensure the effective use of international assistance,” said
Minister Verner.
During his speech at the United Nations in New York today, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon
Brown proposed a UN conference in 2008 to evaluate progress being made around the
world to meet all of the Millennium Development Goals.
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
613-995-1874
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Nicole Lascelle
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of International Cooperation
819-953-6238
Media Relations Office
Canadian International Development Agency
819-953-6534
info@acdi-cida.gc.ca
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