São Paulo – The United Nations (UN) announced that African countries are likely to attain the Millennium Development Goals to eradicate extreme poverty in the world by 2015. The assessment was published in a report last Thursday (6).
“It is important to note that some African countries will attain the goals. Cape Verde is one example, and proves that it is feasible. Other countries make progress on some fronts, and fail to do so in others, but they are attaining at least one of the goals,” said the economist-in-chief of the office for Africa at the United Nations Development Programme, Pedro Conceição.
To the UN, Africa is on the right path, but is making progress at a lower-than-ideal pace. Some countries are more delayed than others, according to the institution.
The Millennium Development Goals were set in 2000 to be met by the 192 UN member countries, which have signed the commitment, up until 2015. The goals are to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce child mortality rates; improve maternal health; combat AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; and develop a global partnership for development.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
