Millions of people's lives have improved due to concerted global, regional, national and local efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which serve as the foundation for the next ...
This annual report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on data provided by a large number of international organizations within and outside the United Nations ...
Delegates at the on-going UN South-South conference have warned that many developing countries — including Kenya — may not achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) due to rising food insecurity, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kojo Quartey, president Monroe County Community College You have heard me say it on more than one occasion that the world’s ...
On 8 September 2000, full of optimism and resolve, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2)[1], reaffirming that development, together with peace and ...
Ghana began formally pursuing sustainable development goals more than a quarter of a century ago. Jerry John Rawlings’ government adopted the United Nations-endorsed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders will stick to promises to slash global poverty by 2015 at a United Nations summit in New York next week, but budget cutbacks in rich nations will keep them from ...
Encouraging development has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Pointing to the United Nations Charter, which expresses the determination to “promote social progress and better ...
Lagos — DO you know that "if the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are met, an estimated 500 million people will escape death and poor health by 2015." "In addition, 240 million people worldwide ...