Despite significant progress on development goals, many challenges remain

Despite significant progress on development goals, many challenges remain – UN official

 

Posting an article from the UN News Centre (with gratitude to Helen Clark, the administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and to UNDP, itself, as a program of action)

“There has undoubtedly been progress on many of the indicators targeted by the MDGs,” the Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Helen Clark, told participants at the 2013 global conference “Making the MDGs work” in Bogotá, Colombia.

Miss Clark warned, however, that “there are also the goals and targets where too little progress has been made – for example on maternal mortality reduction, universal access to reproductive health, and improved sanitation. We must learn from these shortcomings too.” …

 

 

 United Nations News Centre - Despite significant progress on development goals, many challenges remain – UN official