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Our Common Humanity in the Information Age

This forum will gather top-level speakers, including Nobel laureates and some of the leading thinkers and innovators of our time. They will focus on the values that unite our common humanity and how these values may be expressed globally through the Millennium Development Goals, empowered by the new and rapidly developing information and communication technologies.

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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Shared Responsibility and Partnership

“Responsibility for managing worldwide economic and social development, as well as threats to international peace and security, must be shared among the nations of the world and should be exercised multilaterally. As the most universal and most representative organization in the world, the United Nations must play the central role”*. (MDG 8)
  • How can humanity express Shared Responsibility and Partnership through the Millennium Development Goals?
  • If we agree that we share the value of Shared Responsibly and Partnership, in what ways could this help us to achieve the MDGs?
  1. Is Shared Responsibility and Partnership a shared value?
  2. If so, can Shared Responsibility and Partnership be expressed through one or more of the MDGs?
  3. If we live the value of Shared Responsibility and Partnership, could we accomplish these MDGs?
  4. If so, what are the obstacles to achieving this?
  5. What can we do to overcome these obstacles?

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