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Another attempt to overcome extreme poverty: Post-2015 HLP Report submitted

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Titled “A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies Through Sustainable Development”, the new 'beyond-MDGs' report was submitted by the UN high-level panel to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on May 30, 2013. Hoping to achieve the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2030 through wiser strategies and more specific committments from member-nations, the Report centre-stages equity and sustainability with 12 measurable goals and 54 targets for national governments, local authorities, business people, scientists and academics, donors and philanthropists, civil society groups and responsible citizens. The Report can be accessed here: http://www.post2015hlp.org/featured/high-level-panel-releases-recommendations-for-worlds-next-development-agenda/