Progress Too Slow to Meet MDGs

The United Nations (UN) has warned that the global economic crisis will likely hamper efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which, in part, are already lagging behind the targets.

It says aid to the world’s poorest countries is falling short of pledges made by richer states, and the recession will probably cut into assistance budgets further. UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, points out that the economic crisis could delay reaching the targets or even reverse progress already made, as many people sink into poverty and hunger and unemployment rises.

Adopted by the UN in 2000, the MDGs aim to dramatically reduce poverty and increase food security and access to health care by 2015.

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