There will be no fair world, no abolition of extreme poverty, as long as the calculus of corruption undermines education, health, trade and the environment. Dramatic reduction of corruption levels is ...

Doctor Susan Lieberman, Director of WWF's Species Programme, looks at the way forward to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, increase sustainable development and benefit species conservation.

Voices of Youth: Find out if your country is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, learn how you can take action, and join a discussion. Cyberschoolbus: See examples of successful ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Today marks the opening of the United Nations Summit in ...

Ten years ago, world leaders developed a blueprint for improving the social and economic situation in the world's poorest countries. To ensure progress, United Nations member states agreed to adopt a ...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Kingdom are teaming up for an innovative new programme in Zimbabwe that will enable poor farming households to improve food ...

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As the deadline for the millennium development goals approaches, experts take stock of the successes, failures, and oversights, and look ahead to the next phase -- the sustainable development goals.

With fewer than 1,000 days left to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, religious leaders from the G-8 countries are pushing heads of government to renew their efforts to meet the ...

Reporting from Washington — After a decade of dramatic global health and economic advances, world leaders are set to adopt a sweeping agenda to eradicate extreme poverty and child mortality and spur ...

I chat with John McArthur of Millennium Promise for BloggingHeads. John does an excellent job of explaining the Millennium Development Goals in a way that ought to satisfy wonks and newcomers alike.

This morning I had the somewhat special opportunity to go to the U.N. to hear the Secretary General Kofi Annan present “The Millennium Goals Report” to the media. Little did I realize that I’d end up ...