- UNDP chief Helen Clark is tweeting live from the Millennium Development Goals summit. Follow her @HelenClarkUNDP or use hashtag #MDGSummit (h/t @columlynch). Webcast of the summit available at http://bit.ly/bjdKsc
- Ambassador Zahir Tanin of Afghanistan, chair of the Security Council reform negotiations, is expected to release a revised draft text shortly, based on the proposals made during the fifth round of meetings (2 June – 12 July).
- India’s ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, hopes that President Barack Obama will support India’s campaign for a permanent Security Council seat, joining the United Kingdom and France.
- Esther Brimmer, with the U.S. State Department, notes the U.S. will continue “to discourage the global community from electing unqualified candidates” to the Human Rights Council, noting the U.S.’s “intense, sustained diplomacy” among governments that resulted in Iran’s withdrawal from the race earlier this year.
