Site moved...
This blog has moved to http://houshuang.org/blog. I make no promises as to how much/how long I will keep blogging at that site, but things are more likely to happen there than here. Oh, and I migrated most of my old postings.
Stian
This blog has now been moved to http://houshuang.org/blog. The archives are there as well.
This blog has moved to http://houshuang.org/blog. I make no promises as to how much/how long I will keep blogging at that site, but things are more likely to happen there than here. Oh, and I migrated most of my old postings.
I've gone through a fair amount of blogs in my life, and web pages (Google), which is in a way natural. As life progresses, situations, interests and technical solutions change. I liked writing for this blog, because I felt that in my random readings, lectures attended and webpages visited (therefore the name) I came across a lot of neat stuff that I wanted to share with others. It ended mostly because I felt that I needed to update it regularly (at least twice a week), and this took too much time - especially since I did not have my own computer, and school work piled up.
Friends, I've decided to prioritize input over output for a little while. That might change later on.
The conference in Ottawa was all about the Millenium Development Goals - but what are those? According to statistics, less then 10% of Canadians have ever heard about them (and I can't say I really knew, before I began my studies), so let's do a little introduction. According to Stephen Lewis, special UN envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa (amazing guy, even has his own foundation); the MDGs are in a way a natural consequence of the big summits of the 90s (population, water issues, poverty reduction etc. Even Kyoto.) where big goals were set, but seldom followed up on. The MDGs were unanimously accepted by the UN member states in 2000, and list 8 goals that with clear and measurable targets, that are to be achieved by 2015.
I'm coming to you live from the Ottawa Congress Center, where I am participating in the International Cooperation Days 2004, organized by CIDA. Today I've heard lectures about the UN Millenium Development Goals, which is the main focus of the conference, both in general, and focused on education and international health.