Beijing - China has had "unprecedented" success in helping millions out of poverty, which has put it on track to meet key development goals set by world leaders for 2015, a UN official said on Tuesday.
The statement came as leaders are gathered in New York for a summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - eight targets adopted in 2000 on poverty, education, gender equality, health issues and the environment.
"We are confident that with the right attention and sustained commitment, China will be able to reach all MDG goals by 2015," Renata Dessallien, the UN resident co-ordinator in China, told reporters.
"China is a very good MDG performer. The country has already met several MDG targets ahead of schedule, including reducing poverty and hunger, enrolling children in schools and reducing child and under-five mortality," she said.
"China's success in lifting millions of people out of poverty is unprecedented."
Bernard Coquelin, the representative in China of the UN Population Fund, said the proportion of China's rural population living on less than a dollar a day had dropped from 9.6% in 1990 to 3.8% in 2009
He also said China had made great strides in meeting one of the other goals - slashing the maternal mortality rate.
Dessallien however warned that China still had "a lot of work" to do, notably on guaranteeing environmental sustainability, ensuring gender equality and combating HIV/Aids.
The world's wealthy countries are facing growing pressure at the three-day MDG summit in New York, which began on Monday, to contribute more to the drive to eradicate poverty and improve child and maternal health.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the struggling effort to reach eight key development goals by 2015 could still be met if world leaders provide the necessary money and political will.
發表於 2010-10-2 16:08
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