he United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on people to tell the world why the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) matter to them ahead of the September Summit in New York.
The UN Citizen Ambassadors competition is asking people to record a two-minute video telling world leader what more they need to do to achieve the MDGs by 2015.
The videos must answer one of the following questions:
- Why are the MDGs important to you and your family?
- What is your community, city or country doing to achieve the MDGs?
- How can the international community work together better to achieve them?
Reply to one of the call-for-entries video on YouTube with your own video to enter for the competition.
Please see http://www.youtube. com/user/ unitednations# g/c/0C3B9D6DB779 2BA4 for a playlist of all the call-for-entries.
Winners, one from each region of the world, will be invited to United Nations Headquarters in New York in October for UN Day 2010 and be named Citizen Ambassadors of the United Nations.
The contest is organized by the Department of Public Information in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), YouTube, TV5Monde, the UN Foundation and Flip Video.
Videos must be submitted before 23 August 2010. Submitted videos must be recorded in English or French, or in any other language with English or French subtitles.
Additional information is available on the following web site: http://www.uncitize nambassadors. org
in the interest of brevity, i want to say that i am a twenty year old nigerian girl who has deemed it fit to put in so much into the actualisation of the MDGs.in lieu of this i just authored a book which is a panoramic overview of the MDGs and the daunting challenges which this has posed to the development of so many nations especially developing countries,and steps to be urgently take in order to achieve the MDGs.However,i have been facing the challenge of getting it across to relevant parastatals,authorities and individuals.it would be a thing of joy if i am able to achieve this through this channel.