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With the September MDG Summit in New York approaching, there is, according to Ajay Chhibber, UN assistant secretary general, UNDP assistant administrator and director for UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, “much to learn from Asia and much to be gained by renewing the political will to accelerate progress on the MDGs.”

He was talking after the two day ministerial meeting to review progress on meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Asia-Pacific region in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the 3rd and 4th August. The result of that meeting was the Jakarta declaration, a renewed commitment from countries across the region to continue developing their efforts to achieve the MDGs. Read more