UN MDG Summit
Five years on from the Millennium Summit world leaders met in New York, from 14-16 September, to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the United Nations World Summit (MDG +5 Summit). Thus far, efforts to reach the MDGs have fallen woefully short of what is needed to achieve them. White Band Day 2 on 10 September 2005 reminded world leaders of the vital need to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, agreed in the year 2000. If these goals are met, world poverty can be halved by 2015. |
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Campaigners in Wales took the Millennium Development Goals to the Summit (of Snowdon). Would world leaders also rise to the challenge? Fears MDGs would be dropped from the agenda |
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