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Friday, April 12, 2013

UN CHIEF URGES MEMBER STATES, STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN MDG 1, 000 DAYS OF ACTION

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UN CHIEF URGES MEMBER STATES, STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN MDG 1,000 DAYS OF ACTION
New York, Apr 12 2013 5:00PM
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rallied the United Nations
community in a Call to Action, capping off a week of activities to
spur accelerated progress in the 1,000 days to the end of 2015 -- the
target date for achieving the eight anti-poverty Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs).

"Over the next 1,000 days, let us give 1,000 percent,"
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
<"http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/sgspeeches/">told delegates and
UN staff gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York.

"Thanks to the hard work of governments, civil society and other
partners around the world -- the MDGs have mobilized action and
achieved results," Mr. Ban said, but cautioned that the world
continues to struggle against extreme poverty, inequality and
insufficient access to sanitation.

Mr. Ban was joined at today's event by his Special Adviser for the
MDGs, Jeffrey Sachs, as well as Gary Quinlan of Australia and
Eugene-Richard Gasana of Rwanda, the Co-chairs of the MDG Advocacy
Group.

Since last Friday, the UN has been working partners around the world
to build momentum to achieve greater gains by the 2015 target date.

On social media platforms, UN agencies, partners, and individuals have
sent over 40,000 tweets calling for hashtag
<"http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/">#MDGMomentum to more than 26
million accounts, Mr. Ban said.

The UN chief met with young people in Spain last week to discuss the
urged need for action and have a ceremonial kick-off to the 1,000 Days
at a Real Madrid football match.

He also spoke via Skype with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani
schoolgirl attacked for going to school, about the importance of
education.

Mr. Ban then carried his 1,000-days message to Vatican City where he
had an audience with Pope Francis, and more recently to the White
House in a meeting with President Barack Obama.

Joking that even his family has gotten into the act, Mr. Ban said his
granddaughter was born on the 999-day milestone, "she was due a bit
later, but it seems she couldn't wait to join us in spreading the
1,000 day message."

The eight time-bound MDGs address poverty and hunger, education,
gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, combating AIDS,
malaria and other diseases, environmental sustainability and a global
partnership for development.

According to UN figures, since the MDGs were adopted by all UN Member
States in 2000, global extreme poverty rate has been cut in half and
two billion more people have gained access to safe drinking water.

In addition, according to those figures, maternal and child mortality
have dropped. The world continues to fight killer diseases, such as
malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS.

A record number of children are also enrolled primary school, with the
number of girls equalling the boys for the first time.
Apr 12 2013 5:00PM
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