Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. 15 years ago, a conference of the worlds nations agreed to the Millennium Development goals. The ambitious set of targets were meant to lift the worlds poore poorest eradicating poverty, and many more things. It was time limited and came to a close this year. The world did well. Around the world the way health and poverty are conventionally measured show improvement. Now theres plans that are more ambitious. Reporter back in 2000 the former u. N. Secretary general came up with the plan, the Millennium Development goals consisted of eight targets. The mdgs would run for 15 years. That time is now up. So was it a success . Well, its mixed. One target was to half the proportion of People Living on less than a dollar a day. That was met in 2010. The other goal, reduce the Maternal Mortality ratio, that number did not go down at all. Theres a whole new set of complex and Ambitious Goals called the sustainable Development Goals. Theyll be called the gl
Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. 15 years ago, a conference of the worlds nations agreed to the Millennium Development goals. The ambitious set of targets were meant to lift the worlds poore poorest eradicating poverty, and many more things. It was time limited and came to a close this year. The world did well. Around the world the way health and poverty are conventionally measured show improvement. Ambitious. Reporter back in 2000 the former u. N. Secretary general came up with the plan, the Millennium Development goals consisted of eight targets. The mdgs would run for 15 years. That time is now up. So was it a success . Well, its mixed. One target was to half the proportion of People Living on less than a dollar a day. That was met in 2010. The other goal, reduce the Maternal Mortality ratio, that number did not go down at all. Theres a whole new set of complex and Ambitious Goals called the sustainable Development Goals. Theyll be called the global goals. There are many pres
A smoking revelation. A hospital was mistakenly attacked. New revelations and a conversation with the u. S. Executive director will he or wont he the talk of a president ial campaign swirling around Vice President joe biden good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. We begin in the stormsoaked southeastern united states. In the carolinas, the death toll stands at 17. The rain has stopped. In parts of south carolina, the rivers have not crested. The water rises. The tragedy has been compounded by the failure of 11 dams. Floodwaters are threatening to overrun dozens more. Paul beban is in south carolina, and the worst may not be over in some areas . Thats right, and the answer depend on where you are in south carolina. So here in columbia, the state capital, it was the first sunny day, blue skies in almost two weeks, and that, of course was a Welcome Change from the unending rain. The crest of the flooding passed here. The big wall of water is moving east to the coast now
Lessig. A conversation with carter and a discussion of Health Topics from around the world. Saturday night at 11, former vp Dick Cheney Dick Cheney and his daughter, former Deputy Assistant of state on their book exceptional which looks at form policy. On cspan three, saturday starting at noon, we are live from georgia for a commemoration a commemoration of the 13000 Union Soldiers whod died during the civil war and the Confederate Military prison camp questions will be taken before and after the ceremony by phone, facebook and twitter. Sunday out for on real america, Pope John Paul ii as they address the United Nations. Get our complete schedule at cspan. Org. Next u. S. Ambassador to the un, samantha power. She talked about the upcoming meeting in the General Assembly later this month. She answered questions about russes support of the assad regime. This is just under one hour. Today we have samantha power. This is her first visit with our dining club. Many of her predecessors have b
You have to say it started in december thats when it authorized they are not or able to organize well. Theres divisions within iraq that make it very difficult. I just wish it werent so. Im afraid that is the reality we are dealing with. I believe the un has 4 million refugee, 7 million displaced person. It is obvious to me this is a humanitarian catastrophe. We need to to deal with it in an honest way. The most effective and honest way is to keep people as close to home as possible. If they they cant stay in their home because of violence and war than they ought to be as close to home as possible. I talked to a senior official recently and he told me on this refugee crisis is the greatest threat to europe since world war ii. I dont see any plan to make it better. We have have to consider creating safe zones within syria. I understand there some places within syria that refugees can stay. We cant have millions of people walking into europe. Its hardly worth discussing. I am really worr