UN in Focus Newsbrief N0. 8/2012 November 2012 Quick Links FES NY Events FES NY Publications More About Us Dear colleagues and friends, Following the Rio+20 Summit, and as the world and UN system move closer to the milestone of 2015 for realization of the Millennium Development Goals, many discussions are underway concerning the future of the MDGs and their relation to the new generation of development goals that will succeed them. With this short newsbrief I would like to draw your attention to a day of informal discussions at the UN that FES New York is organizing together with the co-sponsors Club de Madrid, Ford Foundation and the UN Missions of Mexico, France and Peru on the post-2015 Development Goals. Among the speakers are Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Alejandro Toledo, former Peruvian President, John Podesta, Member of the Secretary General's High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and Chair of the Center for American Progress, and a number of Permanent Representatives of UN Member States. With best wishes from New York, Dr. Werner Puschra Executive Director Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung- New York Office Upcoming Event: "Toward A New Generation Of Development Goals" A Day of Informal Discussions November 26, 2012, 9:30 a.m.- 5:40 p.m. United Nations, NLB Conference Room 1, New York Many discussions have emerged about whether the world needs a new development paradigm,