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China's satisfactory answer sheet on UN millennium goals

China has presented a satisfactory answer sheet in its efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were set by the United Nations in 2000 with a deadline of this year.

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Botswana calls for global efforts to save West Africa from grip of Ebola virus

Botswana on Monday said that the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is a public health catastrophe and "a serious setback to the achievement" of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), calling on the international community to do its best to save the West African region from this crisis.

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Partnerships vital to addressing sustainable development challenges: UN official

Partnerships are vital in the global efforts to reduce poverty and advance social and economic progress, UN officials said here Wednesday, as they seek ways to accelerate the implementation of the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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“Daunting” MDGs?

With only two years to go big challenges remain for the Asia Pacific to meet the Millennium Development Goals.