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U.N. Report Shows Significant Progress Toward Reaching MDGs, But Mixed Results In Some Areas
Significant progress is being made toward reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline, but the poorest countries are not progressing as quickly and more must be done to improve health and development outcomes in those nations, according to this year's MDG report (.pdf), VOA News reports. "Despite the global economic downturn and the food and energy crises, we are on track to meet the MDG targets for poverty-reduction," U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at the launch of the report on Thursday in Geneva (Schlein, 7/7).
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