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UN looks to global citizens to shape development goals

The United Nations' MY World project is using multiple platforms, including texting and the Internet, to poll global citizens on what they feel should be the focuses of a post-2015 global development agenda. UN Dispatch (1/23) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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"The United Nations and partners have launched an interesting exercise to poll the world's citizens on their top priorities, policies and views as world leaders shape a global development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015. They are calling this project MY World."

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