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UN HLP recommends bold framework for Post-2015 Development

Members of the United Nations High-Level Panel (UN HLP) of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda issued ...

Indonesia racing against time to achieve MDGs

Many developing countries including Indonesia have just less than three years to make significant progresses in ...

British focus on fragile states in reaching MDGs

With just over 1000 days left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), British government is focusing on ...

Private sector can stimulate sustainable development: British PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron expected that the private and investment sector as the best way to stimulate ...

President calls for acceleration of MDG progress

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged all stakeholders to help accelerate and expand the progress of the ...

RRI launches UN`s MY WORLD survey

The Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI) has launched a MY WORLD global survey on future development priorities done ...

ASEAN women must play more role in government

Women in Southeast Asian countries are urged to play more role in the government sector as an effort towards equality ...

President proposes no new development format for post-2015

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a co-chair of the UN High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 ...

Post-2015 development agenda must focus on ending poverty

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said a new Post-2015 development agenda must focus on poverty ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Bill Gates Emphasizes Power of Goals and Measurement as Keys to Tackling Extreme Poverty

- In his fifth annual letter (http://billsletter.org ), Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...

Buddhist Leader Issues Peace Proposal Calling for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Dialogue between China and Japan

-     On January 26, 2013, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist ...

Indonesia wins global recognition for MDG implementation

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this year requested Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to co-chair ...

Madagascar rivals hold first reconciliation talks

Madagascan leader Andry Rajoelina and the man he toppled in 2009, Marc Ravalomanana, met behind closed doors on a ...

Landmark Summit Puts Women at Heart of Global Health Agenda

- Voluntary family planning services will reach an additional 120 million women and girls in the world's poorest ...