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There has been too little progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). At present, 40 per cent of the world's population is living below the minimum sanitation threshold, two thirds of all illiterate people are women and over 65 per cent of the people affected by HIV/AIDS live in Africa.
The MDGs, contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, were adopted by 189 countries, including Spain, in September 2000. In so doing, the international community made a commitment not only to the world's poorest women and men but also to itself.
The Goals explicitly recognize the interdependence of growth, poverty reduction and sustainable development--development supported by democratic governance, the rule of law, respect for human rights, and peace and security. The MDGs are based on measurable targets with time frames and indicators for monitoring the progress achieved. In that regard, Goal 8 -- develop a global partnership for development--expressly recognizes the shared responsibilities of both developing and developed countries, and includes a proposal that each developed country should allocate 0.7 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to increase official development assistance (ODA).
Spain has embraced the MDGs, convinced that a fairer world is possible. It has therefore made an unprecedented...
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