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  • UN report sets out roadmap for eradicating extreme poverty by 2030

    Published on May 31, 2013

    David CameronA commitment to end extreme poverty by 2030 is one of the key recommendations from an international panel co-chaired by British Prime Minister David Cameron.

    Mr. Cameron urged a new global partnership to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems as the body’s report was presented to the UN.

    Other goals include improvements in women’s rights, universal access to water and ensuring food security.

    Aid organisations have been pushing for this to be recognised as part of a new framework for international development after the expiry of the 2015 deadline for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals, MDGs.

    The report, to be presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will form the basis for two years’ negotiation on the agenda to replace the MDGs.

    Mr Cameron, who chaired the panel alongside Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Indonesian leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said the report set out a clear roadmap for eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.

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