| The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009
United Nations, December 2009, online edition, 60p (PDF)
"Nine years ago, world leaders set far-sighted goals to free a major portion of humanity from the shackles of extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. They established targets for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, environmental sustainability and a global partnership for development. In short, they adopted a blueprint for a better world – and pledged to spare no effort in fulfilling that vision. We have made important progress in this effort, and have many successes on which to build. But we have been moving too slowly to meet our goals. And today, we face a global economic crisis whose full repercussions have yet to be felt."
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 system. The report is coordinated and published by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Go to the
report at:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_Report_2009_ENG.pdf
H1/01-10 posted January 4, 2010
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