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MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
"These
often unsung heroes understand...that poverty, disease
and famine are just as deadly and destructive as
earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. Individuals
...are taking on these challenges in their communities,
volunteering to make a difference. They remain the
true champions of our work towards the Millennium
Development Goals."
-- Kofi
Annan
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"It
is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development
Goals will be achieved. They have to be achieved in each
of its Member States, by the joint efforts of their governments
and people."
-- Kofi
Annan
"The
Millennium Development Goals can be met by 2015, but only
if all involved break with business as usual and dramatically
accelerate and scale up action now."
-- Kofi
Annan
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World military spending has now risen to over $1.2
trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent
of GDP(global gross domestic product). Even if 1 per
cent of it were redirected towards development, the
world would be much closer to achieving the Millennium
Development Goals.
-- Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
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“Despite
the threat of global terror hanging over all of
us, there is only one path: to pursue the Millennium
Development Goals with fresh resolve –confronting
violence, bigotry and hatred with the same determination
that we attack the causes from which they spring
– conflict, ignorance, poverty and disease. The
world we seek, where every child can grow to adulthood
in health, peace and dignity – in short, aworld
fit for children – has remained a dream formore
years than we can count. But we at UNICEF are convinced
that working together with committed partners, and
with an appropriate plan of action and a commitment
to resources, we can make that dream a reality for
each and every child on earth.”
-- Carol
Bellamy
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"...if
we are to make significant progress on meeting these Goals
and stay true to the promise the world made to build a better,
fairer world for all, there is no time to lose in putting
in place the necessary policies and resources needed to
achieve these aims."
-- Kemal Dervis
"The
Millennium Development Goals are owned by the people."
-- Eveline Herfkens "
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"I
am very pleased to have been invited by Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon to become a United Nations Messenger of
Peace. This is an opportunity to champion the United
Nations' Millennium goals in a meaningful way. I look
forward to being an advocate for the cause, working
both through my own community engagement organizations
and in collaboration with United Nations programmes.”
-- Midori
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"If
world leaders decide to [meet the Millennium Development
Goals], I think it can be done by 2015...The question is,
is there a political will to make this investment?"
-- Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UN Population
Fund
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“My
colleagues and I took a stand in our work several
years ago that we would not look for the magic bullet,
because there is none. These are just basic problems
requiring basic work. Nothing magic about it." .”
-- Jeffrey
Sachs
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Millennium
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