12:31, 27 April 2009 | GMT +5
Zoellick: Millennium Development Goals unlikely to be met
WASHINGTON. April 27. KAZINFORM World Bank President Robert Zoellick said here Sunday that the Millennium Development Goals are unlikely to be met as a result of widespread economic crisis, Kazinform refers to Xinhuanet.

"Our latest research shows that most of these eight globally agreed goals are unlikely to be met," Zoellick said at a press conference held at the IMF headquarters.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations, including the World Bank, have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. They include reducing extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS, and developing a global partnership for development.
"An additional 55 to 90 million people will be trapped in extreme poverty in 2009," he said. "The numbers of chronically hungry people is expected to climb to over 1 billion this year."
The press conference was held after the joint World Bank-IMF development committee concluded, Kazinform cites Xinhuanet.
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