Civil Society Pledge

Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed Civil Society Pledge
Ten years ago, the United Nations General Assembly passed
the landmark resolution to build A World Fit for Children.

That historic act has helped to save and enhance the lives of
millions of children around the world. Today, we renew this
promise to children.
Over the past two decades, technological advancements,
increased political will, and social investments have
contributed to a nearly 40% reduction in the global under-5
mortality rate. As civil society organizations working in over
150 countries, we have played a critical role in this progress by
marshalling our expertise, reach, resources, and ambition.
However, 7.6 million children continue to die each year,
almost half in their first month of life, and most of these deaths
can be prevented.
With less than three years left until the deadline for reaching
the Millennium Development Goals, too many countries still
lag far behind their targets for reducing newborn, child, and
maternal deaths. To accelerate progress, we must intensify our
efforts and sharpen our approaches.
Therefore, we, the undersigned representatives of civil society,
reaffirm our commitment to the well-being of all children, and
to their right to survival and development. Consistent with the
Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed initiative,
we pledge our support for ending preventable child deaths and
call on all countries to reduce under-5 mortality to 20 or fewer
under-five deaths per 1,000 live births, for every segment of
society, by 2035.
We are a broad and diverse community. In line with our
organizational missions, to achieve this goal, we will:
1)
2)
Contribute to reaching every child and empowering

women, children and families
We commit to helping to reach the most

marginalized, so that a childs sex, social, economic,
or cultural status does not determine her or his
chance of survival.
We will do more to improve health systems, and to

make them more sustainable, so that quality health
care is within the reach of every child.
We will empower and mobilize women, children,

families, and their communities. We will continue
to build their capacity to exercise their right to
health, to engage in local and national decisionmaking, and to hold their governments accountable
for providing effective and comprehensive health
services in their communities.
Support and integrate research and innovation
We will actively support innovative breakthroughs

in scientific, therapeutic, and logistical research to
improve current interventions and better meet
peoples needs.
We commit to developing and testing pioneering

approaches to delivering essential services.
We pledge, wherever possible, to fully integrate

improved technology, resources, and best practices
to ensure that our efforts are as efficient, effective,
and long-lasting as possible.
3) Champion the A Promise Renewed initiative
We will work with our governments at the national,

subnational, and local levels to support the goal of
ending preventable child deaths through continued
dialogue with our leaders.
We will work together to mobilize our citizens to

call on our governments to increase investments in
health and nutrition; to direct these resources to
those in greatest need; and to support the goal of
ending preventable child deaths. We will leverage
our resources and expertise in social media,
publications, and other communications channels in
our outreach efforts.
4)
Support mutual accountability including holding

ourselves accountable
Where governments have developed strong,

ambitious, evidence-based plans for ending
preventable child deaths, we will align and
coordinate with those efforts and avoid unnecessary
duplication.
We will work more effectively across our separate

global movements and sectors towards a shared goal
of ending preventable child deaths.
We will meet our own commitments, made through

the Every Woman, Every Child effort, including our
support for the continuum of care approach,
recognizing access to integrated essential
reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health
interventions is critical for reducing child and
maternal mortality and improving the health and
nutrition of families.
We commit to empowering citizens to participate in

local level accountability efforts.
5) Call upon governments, donors, multilaterals and the

private sector to:
Recommit to child survival and renew the promise

to give every child the best possible start in life by
participating in A Promise Renewed.
Set a national target for the under-5 mortality rate at

or below 20 deaths per 1,000 for every segment of
society.
Sharpen, finance and implement national action

plans for maternal and child survival, setting and
monitoring five-year milestones using agreed,
common indicators These efforts should begin with
achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Deepen engagement with, and build the capacity of,

civil society organizations as active partners in the
planning, coordination, and decision-making
process.
Fulfill their financial and policy commitments.

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Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed Civil Society Pledge

Ten years ago, the United Nations General Assembly passed

the landmark resolution to build A World Fit for Children.

Contribute to reaching every child and empowering

We commit to helping to reach the most

We will do more to improve health systems, and to

We will empower and mobilize women, children,

We will actively support innovative breakthroughs

We commit to developing and testing pioneering

We pledge, wherever possible, to fully integrate

3) Champion the A Promise Renewed initiative

We will work with our governments at the national,

We will work together to mobilize our citizens to

Support mutual accountability including holding

Where governments have developed strong,

We will work more effectively across our separate

We will meet our own commitments, made through

We commit to empowering citizens to participate in

5) Call upon governments, donors, multilaterals and the

Recommit to child survival and renew the promise

Set a national target for the under-5 mortality rate at

Sharpen, finance and implement national action

Deepen engagement with, and build the capacity of,

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