The Millennium Project is the independent advisory body to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that is commissioned with recommending, by June 2005, operational strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Ten task forces carry out the bulk of the Millennium Projects analytical work. The mandate of task force 2 (on Hunger) is to produce a plan for humanity to reduce the proportion of hungry and malnourished people in half by the year 2015. Task force 10 (on Science, Technology and Innovation) is to develop operational strategies on how science, technology and innovation can help achieve the MDGs. The task forces recently released their interim reports for public discussion (both about 200 pages). See http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/html/interim_reports.shtm. Comments are welcome and should be sent to [email protected] (task force 2) or to [email protected] and [email protected] (task force 10).

02/03/2004