Foreign Minister Touts Achievements at UN

Foreign Minister of Cambodia Hor Namhong at United Nations General Assembly at U.N. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C Wednesday, 29 September 2010

[Hor 5 Hong] also lent Cambodian support to a UN resolution to end the embargo of Cuba

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong addressed the UN General Assembly Tuesday, saying the global financial crisis had not stopped Cambodia from reaching some of its development goals.

Cambodia's “Millennium Development Goals” included targets for child mortality, HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases, he said. “According to the recent study made by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the UN Millennium Campaigns, Cambodia was listed among 20 countries making the most absolute progress on MDGs.”

The UN development goals aim at halving the world's poverty rate, promoting education and health and protecting the environment, all by 2015.
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