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UN indispensable in rallying world to meet MDGs deadline
2010-09-23 16:17
The United Nations was once again under the spotlight Wednesday when world leaders renewed their commitments at a high-level UN summit to reaching the global anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline.
Wen confident of achieving MDGs as scheduled in China
2010-09-23 11:56
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressed confidence that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be achieved as scheduled in China at a UN summit on Wednesday.
'Collective efforts' matter in achieving targets
2010-09-22 13:41
With the 2015 deadline of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaching fast, the debate over the goals has never been hotter.
Chinese medical teams kindle hearts in Guinea
2010-09-22 13:05
The MDGs are eight internationally agreed targets that aim to reduce poverty, hunger, maternal and child deaths, disease, inadequate shelter, gender inequality and environmental degradation by 2015.
Nurturing healthcare in rural areas
2010-09-22 12:06
San Yulong was born in 2005 to a rural family in Hendu, a mountainous village in Liming township in Yulong county. The area is part of the Lisu ethnic group village in Southeast China's Yunnan province.
More actions needed to sustain MDG progress
2010-09-22 12:06
With only five years left, 139 world leaders are meeting at the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit (Sept 20 to 22) to review the progress and renew their commitment and give this historic promise a final push.
Many women, girls left out of development gains, UN agency says
2010-09-21 13:27
In spite of strides made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), large numbers of women and girls, especially those in rural areas, have been left behind and continue to live in exclusion and poverty, according to United Nations data unveiled on Monday.
UN: Rich must not cut aid to poor to balance budget
2010-09-21 13:10
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed debt-ridden donor countries on Monday not to cut aid to the poor despite their budgetary woes.
Sports valuable tool for achieving MDGs: UN chief
2010-09-21 09:14
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday underscored the importance of sports in realizing the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), the ambitious UN program to fight against poverty and strengthen the disease control in the world at large.
MDGs summit axis for reaching goals at target date
2010-09-21 01:11
The head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Helen Clark, said here Monday that the outcome of the summit can be a real turning point for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and she urged world leaders to turn that promise into reality.
UN chief sees MDGs achievable
2010-09-20 22:24
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Monday that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) "are achievable" by its deadline of 2015, calling on world leaders to exercise political leadership and keep their promise to translate the eight MDGs targets into reality.
Ban says China will reach MDG targets
2010-09-17 11:30
China, a developing country with serious problems because of huge population, will be successful in reaching the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday.

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