UN Summit: Millennium Development Goals High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly 65th Session: outcome document, New York, 17 September 2010
Commitments in: Technology - Science, research and technology general
“72. We commit ourselves to accelerating progress to achieve Millennium Development Goal 3, including through:
...(h) Improving national-level capacity to monitor and report on progress, gaps and opportunities through better generation and use of sex- and age-disaggregated data, including with the support of the international community;”
“78. We commit ourselves to accelerating progress in order to achieve Millennium Development Goal 8, including through:
...(u) Promoting the strategic role of science and technology, including information technology and innovation in areas relevant for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular agricultural productivity, water management and sanitation, energy security and public health...”
Commitments in: Gender - Gender and economic opportunity
“72. We commit ourselves to accelerating progress to achieve Millennium Development Goal 3, including through:
...(e) Investing in infrastructure and labour-saving technologies, especially in rural areas, benefiting women and girls by reducing their burden of domestic activities, affording the opportunity for girls to attend school and women to engage in self-employment or participate in the labour market;”
