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UN clings to signs of hope in development goals
"there are clear signs of hope."
- UN Under Secretary General Jose Antonio Ocampo
Geneva - The United Nations said Monday there were signs of hope in progress towards global poverty-cutting targets although the poorest parts of the world were still woefully short of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Some regions were starting to make a dent on hunger, primary school enrolment has increased in developing nations, more children are surviving infancy in emerging nations, women were "inching forward" in labour markets and deforestation is slowing, a UN report said.