As world leaders gather for the 65th United Nations General Assembly, they will review progress made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set in 2000 to halve extreme poverty by 2015. Leading humanitarian agency World Vision, whose projects reach more than 100 million people in nearly 100 countries, will be present to push for further concrete action on child and maternal health.
Although many of the targets are on track, MDGs 4 and 5—aimed at cutting child and maternal deaths—are the farthest behind. From September 20 to 22, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will convene the MDG Summit to chart the progress to date and announce new strategies to ensure achievement by the 2015 deadline.
World Vision leaders and expert spokespeople will engage in various events and high-level discussions.
World Vision senior leadership will also participate in various other events, such as the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting and the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit.
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