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As a result, Cambodia was presented with a Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Award at the MDG Summit in 2010 [ 5].

Progress made in malaria prevention and control is fragile and donors will make crucial decisions as to whether the health-related MDGs can be met at the MDG Summit in New York in September 2010.

Yesterday at the MDG summit, he said the US would do its part to help lift millions out of poverty.

The MDG summit took place in the same days that Sweden saw a far-right, anti-immigrant party take seats in parliament.

The surprising fact of this year's MDG summit, marking the 10th year of goals with five years left till the target date of 2015, was the widespread social progress that had been made since 2000.

In the run-up to the MDG summit, ActionAid reported that 26% of Nigerian children are malnourished, and that Nigeria would need until at least 2025 to meet the MDG target to halve child hunger.

Impact of undernutrition The needs of mothers and children also took centre stage at today's MDG-summit event on undernutrition, one of the world's most serious but least addressed problems.

I am worried that these obstacles risk making this week's MDG Review Summit a futile exercise, characterized by grand speeches and carefully-worded promises, but followed by little meaningful action.

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets.

In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were developed at a United Nations summit, and two of the eight MDGs relate specifically to maternal and child health: reducing child mortality (MDG 4) and improving maternal health (MDG 5).

Malloch-Brown credits Kofi Annan, the then UN secretary general, backed by the Labour government, including a high-profile development secretary, Clare Short, in pushing for the MDGs at the UN millennium summit in 2000.