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| H.E. Dr Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister (right) and Mr. Ajay Chhibber, Chair of the United Nations Development Group for the Asia-Pacific Region (left) in a joint press conference. Photo: UN Lao PDR/Laophoto |
The Government of Lao PDR, the United Nations and Development Partners signed a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Compact in support of the full achievement of the MDGs in Laos by 2015. It also calls for an additional goal to eliminate all UXOs from priority agricultural land over the next ten years.
H.E. Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh opened the 10th High Level Round Table Meeting by providing a comprehensive statement on the future direction of Lao PDR based on peace and security, economic growth with equity and environmental sustainability, achievement of the MDGs by 2015 and graduation from its Least Developed Country status by 2020.
“The real test of the renewed MDG consensus evident at last month's summit in New York is in events such as this one, in countries around the world," said Helen Clark, who gave the keynote address at the Round Table. "It is here that partners decide to work together - to end fragmentation - and use these next five years to rally behind national priorities to achieve the Goals,” she said.
Read full joint press release (PDF. 31.46 kb)
Read Helen Clark's keynote speech at the Round Table Meeting (PDF, 115.88 kb)
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