In September of 2000 the largest gathering of world leaders in human history gathered for the Millennium Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York. In that pivotal year, representatives from 189 Member States of the United Nations met to reflect on their common destiny. ...
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Target by 2015:Reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters.

Healthy children need healthy mothers.

A woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute – about 529,000 each year -- the vast majority of them in developing countries.
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Targets by 2015: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.

Millions of children are dying needlessly.

Malaria kills a child somewhere in the world every 30 secon...
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Targets by 2015:Develop further an open trading and financial system that includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction — nationally and internationally.

Address the least developed countries' special needs, and the special needs of...
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Targets by 2015: Reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

Safe water and sanitation are critical for survival.

A child dies every 15 seconds from disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, depl...
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Popular usage of the term "paedophilia" classifies all persons engaging in sex with a child as a paedophile. Paedophilia, a sexual preference for prepubescent children, is not a crime in itself. It is the act of sex with a child that is a crime. Put simply, a paedophile is a per...
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