UN boosts Solomons Millenium Goals effort
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6:2Eight years ago, 189 countries around the world set out a global agreement on issues like poverty, hunger and child mortality. Known as the "Millennium Development Goals" the eight goals range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV and AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015. But the UN says some smaller nations like Solomon Islands are struggling to reach these goals. The UN has just opened a new Joint office in Honiara, aimed at helping the nation reach the millennium benchmarks. It's also announced plans to almost triple its funding, to a total of 60 million Solomon dollars a year, by 2010.
Presenter: Madeline Genner
Speaker: Peter Dictus, UN's Resident Coordinator in Honiara
