Ban Ki-Moon: “The proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day has fallen”

Message from UN Secretary-General delivered by Mr. Khalid Malik, UN Resident Coordinator in China
I am delighted to send warm greetings to all participants in this conference on “Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People”. I commend the organizers for addressing this theme as we work to step up our efforts to reach the [...]

Opening Ceremony Panel Takes Stock of Progress, Challenges for Reducing Poverty and Hunger

Khalid Malik, reading a statement on behalf of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, declared “(o)ur global scorecard is mixed. The proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day has fallen, and we remain on track to meet the MDG target of halving extreme poverty. But progress has been uneven, and some regions [...]