By Deanna Gillen – Talk Radio News Service

February 7, 2012 – Nigeria is “very optimistic” it will be able to meet the United Nations Millennium development goals before the self-imposed 2015 deadline, despite serious challenges on issues like environmental sustainability, Dr. Precious Gbeneol, the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) told a press conference at the United Nations Tuesday.

Original Source: The Daily Trust

Thursday - 09 Feb, 2012 - Nigeria has called on countries across the globe to redouble their efforts to make the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) a reality.

Dr Precious Gbeneol, Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs made the call at a news conference on the UN Millennium Campaign and the progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria at the UN headquarters on Tuesday.

Gbeneol was accompanied by Rep. Adeyinka Ajayi, Member House Committee on MDGs.

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Ten African countries have halved their poverty rates over the last two decades, but child mortality rates have increased in six sub-Saharan nations, a report on the U.N.‘s Millennium Development Goals released Tuesday found.

The countries that halved their poverty rates since 1990 include relatively populous countries such as Ethiopia and Egypt and post-conflict countries such as Angola, the report said.

The following editorial by Knut Ostby was recently published in the Fiji Times. Ostby is the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for 10 Pacific island countries: Fiji, Tuvalu, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

UN offers reminder to State on aid obligation

By DEAGLÁN de BRÉADÚN, Political Correspondent

IRELAND MUST not turn its back on the struggle to eradicate world poverty, a senior United Nations official said during a visit to Dublin yesterday.

Director of the UN Millennium Campaign to halve poverty levels by 2015, Salil Shetty praised Ireland’s role in providing development aid but expressed deep concern at recent cutbacks in the programme.

The Millennium Campaign’s Deputy Director for Asia discusses a new initiative to help Indian citizens monitor and report on their government’s progress on the Millennium Development Goals.

UNITED NATIONS, October 22, 2009 (Xinhua) — Smashing a Guinness World Record, more than 173 million people around the world joined forces with the United Nations to call on global leaders to stamp out poverty and take action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their deadline of 2015, UN officials said here Wednesday.

Over 3,000 events were held in more than 120 countries in the fourth year of the “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” campaign over the weekend. Nearly 60 million more people took part in the festivities this year compared to 2008.

October 21, 2009 – (AP) — UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Millennium Campaign said Wednesday that more than 173 million people in 121 countries attended about 3,000 events over the weekend to demand action to help bring an end to extreme poverty.

Goals set by 189 world leaders at the U.N. Millennium Summit in September 2000, include cutting extreme poverty by half, ensuring universal primary education, and halting and reversing the HIV/AIDS pandemic, all by 2015.

October 21, 2009 – UNITED NATIONS — More than 173 million people in 120 countries attended weekend meetings to press governments to do more to end poverty, in what the United Nations has called the biggest mobilization in history.

The response to the UN campaign “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” reached 173,045,325 people, more than last year’s event, and set a new Guinness world record, the international body said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK, October 16, 2009 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday led the students at the UN International School in Manhattan, central New York City, to stand up against poverty as part of the global campaign to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

The secretary-general told the students that by taking stand and by acting, “we could end poverty in our lifetimes. And he urged them to lead the way, to learn about the Millennium Development Goals and talk about them with families, friends and teachers.”