There is a question that lingers after world leaders headed home from the recent Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly held in New York: After all the promises of international support, how do we now galvanize those commitments made in New York to turn the Millennium Development Goals into achievements?
The goals, originally agreed to at the dawn of the new millennium, are broad — from eradicating extreme poverty and hunger to reducing child and maternal mortality, disease, gender inequality and environmental degradation.
It is still unfinished business. Part of the answer lies in the last Millennium Development Goal: developing a global partnership for development.