Elliott Harris

67th Annual UN.DPI/NGO Conference
United Nations Head Quarters New York | 22-23 August 2018
Highlights from the: Opening Plenary Session, Round Tables & Open Forum

Sevgin OKTAY, The Light Millennium
NGO Representative to the United Nations Department of Public Information

“Just 42 people own half the wealth of the world” …
“Civil society is bigger than any government.”

There are amazing things brewing at the United Nations, in which several The Light Millennium NGO representatives are privileged to participate.

And all this was aimed at “We the Peoples… Together Finding Global Solutions for Global Problems” under the commitment to redouble UN.DPI/NGO efforts “to establish people-centered multilateral cooperation in a spirit of global citizenship.” Accordingly, we the NGOs called upon states, corporations, institutions, and other collective and individual stakeholders to join our efforts. By so doing, together we will further the 2030 Agenda” for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and “ensure that no one is left behind.”

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