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Millennium Summit of Leaders opens in presence of Iran President
New York, Sept 20, IRNA -- Millennium Development Goals Summit of Leaders opened in New York on Monday in presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
President of the United Nations General Assembly Josef Deiss said in his inaugural statement “we can reach the Millennium Development Goals in the next five years.”
The world leaders have gathered to coordinate efforts to reach the eight-point Millennium Development Goals they adopted in 2000 to eradicate poverty, fight AIDS, Malaria and pandemic diseases, protect Sustainable Environment, promote gender equality, empower women, reduce child mortality and improve maternal health as well as achieve universal primary education until 2015.
The World Bank estimated that implementation of the 15-year global plan needs 60 billion dollars annually.
But, the big powers spent thousands of billion dollars over the past 10 years to produce new generations of weapons of mass destruction and the weapons capable of levelling to the ground infrastructure of other nations, withholding enough money to the Millennium Development Goals.
IRNA reporter in New York said that in the past 10 years, the big power refused to inject enough money to implement the plan so that the situation of the international community got worse than 2000 in terms of poverty and hunger.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on world leaders to reaffirm their commitments to Millennium Development Goalsin the next five years.
The secretary-general has warned that falling short of the Millennium Development Goals could lead to an increase in global dangers from political instability to disease to harming the environment.
Ban outlined some of the successes during the past 10 years in implementing the goals.
The latest MDG progress report warns that several of the goals are likely to be missed in many countries. The challenges are greatest in the least-developed countries, land-locked developing countries and small island developing states, as well as countries either in or emerging from conflict and those most affected by climate change.
Some 190 world leaders, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will address the Summit./end
President of the United Nations General Assembly Josef Deiss said in his inaugural statement “we can reach the Millennium Development Goals in the next five years.”
The world leaders have gathered to coordinate efforts to reach the eight-point Millennium Development Goals they adopted in 2000 to eradicate poverty, fight AIDS, Malaria and pandemic diseases, protect Sustainable Environment, promote gender equality, empower women, reduce child mortality and improve maternal health as well as achieve universal primary education until 2015.
The World Bank estimated that implementation of the 15-year global plan needs 60 billion dollars annually.
But, the big powers spent thousands of billion dollars over the past 10 years to produce new generations of weapons of mass destruction and the weapons capable of levelling to the ground infrastructure of other nations, withholding enough money to the Millennium Development Goals.
IRNA reporter in New York said that in the past 10 years, the big power refused to inject enough money to implement the plan so that the situation of the international community got worse than 2000 in terms of poverty and hunger.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on world leaders to reaffirm their commitments to Millennium Development Goalsin the next five years.
The secretary-general has warned that falling short of the Millennium Development Goals could lead to an increase in global dangers from political instability to disease to harming the environment.
Ban outlined some of the successes during the past 10 years in implementing the goals.
The latest MDG progress report warns that several of the goals are likely to be missed in many countries. The challenges are greatest in the least-developed countries, land-locked developing countries and small island developing states, as well as countries either in or emerging from conflict and those most affected by climate change.
Some 190 world leaders, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will address the Summit./end
