From Millennium Promise...
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Dear Supporters of the Millennium Development Goals,
We are excited to announce that tomorrow, July 27, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hear testimony on the Millennium Development Goals--it is the first time Congress has ever held a hearing on the MDGs!
John McArthur, CEO, Millennium Promise will testify alongside Kathy Calvin, CEO, United Nations Foundation, and Scott Ratzan, Vice President, Global Health, Government Affairs and Policy, Johnson & Johnson.
The congressional committee wants to hear about the status of the Millennium Development Goals—the world's integrated targets to reduce extreme poverty by 2015—and discuss specifically what steps should be taken to ensure the achievement of the Goals.
You may watch a live feed of the hearing here: http://www.hcfa.house.gov/
On the bottom left-hand side of the page you’ll find the link to the live feed. The link is only put up when something is being broadcast -- there is currently a picture inserted in the corner as a placeholder where the link will appear for the live feed.
Of course, if you are in DC you are welcome to attend the hearing in person!
Video and text of the testimony will available soon on the Millennium Promise website (www.millenniumpromise.org).
Here are further details:
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight
Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Chairman
Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals:
Progress through Partnerships
Rayburn House Office Building
Room 2172
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
9:30 AM
Witnesses:
John McArthur, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Millennium Promise
Ms. Kathy Calvin
Chief Executive Officer
United Nations Foundation
Scott C. Ratzan, M.D.
Vice President, Global Health, Government Affairs and Policy
Johnson & Johnson
Thank you!
--The Millennium Promise Team
