Join the live conversation with Helen Clark on Facebook

New York, 7 September - On September 15, the UN’s development agency will host -- for the first time -- a live conversation on the global fight against poverty and the actions required to achieve sustainable development in the run-up to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit. At the Summit, scheduled from 20-22 September in New York, world leaders will take stock of the MDGs, eight internationally-agreed targets that aim to substantially reduce poverty, hunger, maternal and child deaths, disease, inadequate access to water and sanitation, gender inequality and environmental degradation by 2015.

With this global conversation, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is providing an opportunity for people to voice their ideas on development and combating poverty; and raise questions related to UNDP's work and the MDGs. The conversation will be with UNDP Chief and UN Undersecretary General Helen Clark, a key participant at the summit. During the Facebook conversation, UNDP Chief Helen Clark, will be online, answering questions about the MDGs and discussing their achievement with any member of the general public. The event will be broadcast live on the UNDP Facebook Page and UNDP’s Ustream Channel. During the summit, Helen Clark will update the public on the latest developments and outcomes by tweeting on the @UNDP Twitter account.

Join the conversation:

September 15th, 2010 09:30 AM EST/ 2.30PM GMT on www.facebook.com/undp

• submit your MDG-related questions to Miss Clark before the live broadcast through Facebook and Twitter or simply by emailing: conversation@undp.org.
• share the event with your friends on Facebook
• help start the conversation on Twitter using @UNDP and the #endpoverty hash tag

The Global Conversation Event will be carried out with the support of several partners including Ustream, LinkedIn, WPP and Interaction London.

Help us pass on the message

On Twitter

How can we end poverty? Join the live conversation with @UNDP head Helen Clark on 15 September at 2.30 GMT http://bit.ly/8Xc17E#endpoverty

What would you like to know from @UNDP head Helen Clark about the #MDGSummit? http://bit.ly/8Xc17E #endpoverty

How can we end poverty? Submit your questions & comments for @UNDP’s chief Helen Clark now: http://bit.ly/8Xc17E

On Facebook

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UNDP head Helen Clark will be attending the UN Summit on Sept 20th, but she wanted to talk to you first. This is your chance to ask her anything you'd like to know about the MDGs, the UN Summit, and your thoughts on how we can end poverty: http://bit.ly/8Xc17E

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Have an interesting view, experience or question about how to end poverty? Share them on the @UNDP Facebook page, and your questions will be addressed by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark: http://bit.ly/8Xc17E

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