联合国报告反贫困目标方面的进展 (UN Reports Progress on Anti-Poverty Goals)

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联合国报告反贫困目标方面的进展 (UN Reports Progress on Anti-Poverty Goals)

根据联合国的报告，2000年设定的反贫困全球目标已经有取得一些进展的迹象。但是，联合国的一名高级官员说，减少贫困的努力在世界最贫穷的地区面临巨大障碍，一些贫困地区的局势甚至在恶化。在联合国副秘书长奥坎波星期一发表上述评论的同时，联合国公布了这个进展报告。

报告指出，尽管全世界大部份地区的极端贫困在减少，但是非洲撒哈拉以南地区每天生活费只有一美元或者一美元以下的人增加了1亿4千万。2000年，联合国设定的八个所谓千年发展目标涉及健康、贫困、环境问题，还包括到2015年将生活在赤贫状态的人口数目减半。千年发展目标还包括打击爱滋病和疟疾在内的各种传染病。

The United Nations is reporting signs of some progress in meeting global anti-poverty goals set in 2000. But a top U.N. official says poverty reduction efforts in the poorest parts of the world face \"staggering\" obstacles, with conditions in some impoverished regions actually worsening. U.N. Undersecretary General Jose Antonio Ocampo's comments today (Monday) in Geneva coincided with the release of a U.N. progress report.

While noting decreases in extreme poverty across much of the world, the report says 140-milllion more people in sub-Saharan Africa have joined the ranks of those living on a dollar a day or less. The eight so-called Millennium Development goals, set forth in 2000, target health, poverty and environmental issues, and include halving by 2015 the number of people living in abject poverty. The Millennium project also targets infectious diseases, including AIDS and malaria.