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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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As development goals near deadline, Ban urges global leaders to ‘finish the job’

25 September 2014
Great gains have been made in the global effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, known worldwide as the “MDGs,” but with the deadline fast approaching more must be done to fully meet the targets set for 2015 and beyond, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
Recent statistics show that many MDG targets are already met, such as increasing access to improved drinking water sources.
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Gaps in commitments by developed countries hamper progress on MDGs – UN

18 September 2014
Despite improvements in the lives of millions of people around the world, the United Nations today reported that persistent gaps between promises made and those delivered by developed countries are holding back greater progress on reaching the eight anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by the end of 2015.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Data revolution advisory group named by UN Secretary-General

29 August 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named an Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development to provide him with inputs to shape “an ambitious and achievable vision” for a future development agenda beyond 2015 to succeed the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre is flanked by Malala Yousafzai (right) and ABC News anchor Amy Robach during an interactive event to mark 500 Days of Action for the MDGs.
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MDG Momentum: UN launches 500 days of action to build a better world

18 August 2014
With Malala Yousafzai by his side, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked 500 days of action until the deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals, known worldwide as the “MDGs.”
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo.
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Initial UN report aims to 'reconnect science and policy towards global sustainable development'

1 July 2014
To achieve a sustainable transition by 2050, when more than nine billion people will live on Earth, there needs to be significant adjustment to the current patterns of consumption and production, delegations heard today as a United Nations high-level political forum considered a new report aiming to lay the foundation for a new global sustainable development agenda.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressing a summit of G77 plus China in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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UN urges G77+China to unite on combating poverty, climate change

15 June 2014
As the Group of 77 Summit ends today with a focus on creating a new sustainable development framework, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed to the G77 and China the importance of cooperation and partnerships to reduce inequality, end poverty and fight climate change.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with President Evo Morales in El Torno Municipality, Bolivia.
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In Bolivia, Ban to urge G77 to work together on anti-poverty, climate change

14 June 2014
Addressing the bloc of developing countries known as the Group of 77 (G77) and China, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is today expected to urge world leaders to work together to reduce poverty and inequality, while balancing the needs of the environment and addressing climate change.
Small-scale fisheries are the source of employment for more than 90 percent of the world's capture fishers and fish workers.
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Ban urges recommitment to landmark treaty governing use of world’s oceans

9 June 2014
Marking the upcoming 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the landmark treaty that has become known as the “Constitution for the Oceans”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged Member States to recommit to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) at what he considers a crucial moment for climate change.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses UN General Assembly high-level event.
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At high-level event, UN officials call for human rights-backed development agenda

9 June 2014
A new global new development agenda based on human rights and the rule of law is the surest pathway to balancing the needs of people and the planet, while eradicating extreme poverty and closing socio-economic gaps, senior United Nations officials said today.
An elderly Mongolian herder drinks fermented mare’s milk in Ulaanbaatar.
World Bank/Dave Lawrence

Life expectancy rising, but UN report shows ‘major’ rich-poor longevity divide persists

15 May 2014
People everywhere are living longer, the United Nations health agency today reported, mostly because fewer children are dying, certain diseases are in check, and tobacco use is down, but conditions in low-income countries continue to plague life quality there.