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• Efforts done by the UN to help the south: o Millennium Summit - At the Summit gathered world leaders committed their nations in a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty o Millennium Development Goals - time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015 established at the Millennium Summit, as the Millennium Development Goals. (1) Improve maternal health; (2) ensure environmental sustainability; (3) develop a global partnership for development, (4) combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; (5) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; (6) reduce child mortality; (7) achieve universal primary education; and (8) promote gender equality and empower women o International Conference on Financing for Development – focused on:
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