Amnesty International Warns United Nations' Poverty Summit that Goals Fail to Uphold Rights of Poor People

Summit Produces No Effective Way to Hold Governments Accountability for Achieving Commitments to Reduce Poverty(New York) -- Amnesty International warned today that the plan of action on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed by world leaders at the United Nations fails to uphold the rights of the world’s poorest. And despite much rhetoric on the importance of accountability, the U.N. summit of world governments failed to identify an effective way to hold governments to account for achieving their MDG commitments or for ensuring that their MDG efforts are consistent with their