A Civil Society Delegation Headed by Ms. Supriya Sule Meets the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on Millennium Development Goals
New Delhi: A civil society delegation headed by Ms. Supriya Sule, Hon’ble MP, met with Dr. Manmohan Singh this morning to present a civil society memorandum signed by the leading civil society organisations. Members from Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy, Oxfam India, Right to Food Campaign, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, United Nations Millennium Campaign, etc. were part of the delegation. In the context of the high-level plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals that is scheduled to be held in New York during 20-22 September 2010, where Dr. Singh will head the official Indian delegation and will participate in an evaluation exercise to take account of the successes and failures thus far, civil society organisations requested him to include representatives from civil organisations that have been committed in providing assistance to the government in its endeavour to achieve the MDGs by the set target of 2015.
