Julie Owens (Parramatta, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

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That the House welcomes the news of recent progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular:

(1)   recognises there has been a substantial decline in the proportion of people living on less than US$1 dollar a day and a substantial increase in the proportion of people with access to clean water;

(2)   acknowledges that despite some progress, a number of MDGs are off-track and that a business-as-usual approach will mean the MDGs will not be met globally by 2015;

(3)   notes its concern that in a world of plenty there are still unacceptably high child and maternal mortality rates in the developing world;

(4)   recognises that progress toward the MDGs is being hampered by the global financial crisis, the global food crisis and the global effects of climate change;

(5)   welcomes Australia’s progress on developing a global partnership for development while recognising that our progress falls short of the aspirations we expressed when joining with the nations of the world to set the MDGs; and

(6)   acknowledges Australia needs to turn its aspirations into actions that draw us closer to achieving the MDGs by 2015.

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