[RED DEMOCRATICA] Kathy Calvin: MDGs show if "the world acts, progress is possible"

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Security Council asks South Sudan to halt violence Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   July 17, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Kathy Calvin: MDGs show if "the world acts, progress is possible" The world is nearing the last 500 days of the Millennium Development Goals, with countries needing "to pick up the pace" on goals including sanitation and health for women and children, writes Kathy Calvin, president and CEO of the United Nations Foundation. "The progress we make now will make a difference in lives around the world and lay the foundation for our shared future efforts," she argues. 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SciDev.net (7/17) Share:        Vietnam's gender-equality program shows results ABC News/The Associated Press (7/17) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Why Sudan is crucial to regional stability The ongoing conflicts in Sudan and the re-formation of the janjaweed militias threaten the country's stability and that of the region, writes Ahmed Hussain Adam of Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. "There is a common interest in putting Sudan on a path to prosperity. And a wider regional stability, including oil-producing South Sudan, is also at stake," he writes. 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