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The United Nations says efforts
need to be increased in order to achieve
the millennium development goals by 2015.
Despite big improvements worldwide in poverty reduction,
health care and *** prevention,
a new UN progress report shows that education,
child mortality and non- communicable diseases
still pose major challenges.
With the deadline approaching fast,
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says
the time for swift and coordinated action is now.
"We need a rejuvenated global partnership for development.
We need breakthroughs in
trade negotiations and in climate action.
We need to build resilience to shocks,
be they conflicts, natural disasters
or volatility in food and energy prices.
Let us strive to connect the dots
so that solutions to one can become solutions to all."
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