Press Release: EU is making major contribution to global fight against poverty

The European Commission on 23 Spetember 2013 published new results on how it has helped reduce global poverty and supported the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), improving the lives of millions of people.

The new results, which cover EU activities between 2004 and 2012, came some days ahead of a UN Special Event in New York that discussed how progress on eradicating poverty could be accelerated and how a comprehensive global agenda for development after 2015 could be shaped.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Development and Cooperation: Europeaid: The EU and the Millennium Development Goals: EU contribution to the Millennium Development Goals (September 2013) http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/documents/mdg-brochure-2013_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/13/809: The Millennium Development Goals and a global development agenda after 2015 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-809_en.htm

ESO: Background information: UN Development Goals: Countdown to 2015 (Special Reports) http://www.europeansources.info/record/un-development-goals-countdown-to-2015-special-reports/

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/744: Making the MDGs a reality for all http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-744_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/731: Speech by President Barroso at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-731_en.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/743: Speech by President Barroso at the opening of the Special Event on Millennium Development Goals http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-743_en.pdf

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