February 2010

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on December 21 called on world leaders to attend a summit in September, 2010 to boost efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. “Coming amid mixed progress toward the Goals and new crises that threaten the global effort to halve extreme poverty, the summit will be a crucially important opportunity to redouble our efforts to meet the Goals,” he said. “Just as now is the moment to act on climate change, the next half-decade must be the time to deliver on long-standing development promises to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people – above all, those in Africa,” Mr. Ban stated. “In the decade since the Goals were first agreed, we have learned a great deal about what works, and where we need to focus our efforts. Evidence shows that the Goals can be achieved, even in the poorest countries, when good policies and projects are backed by adequate resources.”

 

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