Several important targets of the Millennium Development Goals have or will be met by the 2015 deadline, but progress in many areas is far from sufficient, according to this year’s Millennium Development Goals Report launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
MDGs achieving but…. accelerated progress and bolder action is needed in many areas.
Environmental sustainability is under severe threat, demanding a new level of global cooperation: More rapid progress is needed to meet the 2015 target of a two-thirds reduction in child deaths. Most maternal deaths are preventable, but progress in this area is falling short. Access to antiretroviral therapy and knowledge about HIV prevention must expand. More rapid progress is needed to meet the MDG sanitation target.
