Countries were far from meeting the MDGs, even the first goal of reducing poverty.

We are still far from having achieved our goals.

In middle income countries and others where the Goals are already within reach, Governments should adopt a Millennium Development Goals plus strategy, with more ambitious targets.

That goal is far from being achieved.

However, the Convention is still far from universal.

Some brands are aspirational, and certainly the packaging is incredibly provocative.

But we are still far from achieving the goal.

Given the ambitious goals that I have just stated, have we really managed to move forward?

The target figure of 25 is still far from being achieved.

(f) Although considerable effort went into providing metadata to support the MDG database, it fell well short of what is desirable. There are two main problems

Denmark will remain well above the 0.7 aid target and urges all donor countries to implement the goals decided by the summit.

The Target of Opportunity programme has the advantage of making a large telescope available when needed.

Its goals are the same as those of the Khartoum Vision mentioned above.

Despite such significant steps, progress with regard to poverty reduction was still insufficient and many countries, such as Mali, were still far from attaining the Millennium Development Goals.

While many countries are on track, broad regions are far off track to achieve most or all of the Goals.

Let us devise a genuine global strategy for development, a strategic partnership with a clear cut vision and more ambitious goals.

The goal of having all indigenous children attend and complete primary school is still far from being universally achieved.

Thus, the goals regarding education set by the Programme of Action are similar to, but more ambitious than, the target for Millennium Development Goal 2, which is to ensure that universal primary education is achieved by 2015.

The possibility of attaining development objectives and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would become ever more remote if the gulf between rich and poor countries, and within countries, continued to grow.

In addition, the proportion of women in the higher ranks and pay scales in most Defence units remain far below the target figure.

Although Africa has recorded a marked improvement in its recent economic performance, its growth rate still falls short of the target growth rate of 7 per cent per annum necessary to attain the MDGs.

The summit confirmed our dedication to fulfil the Millennium Development Goals through considerable donor commitments, as well as the need to pay particular attention to countries in Africa that are lagging far behind.

This would make the final goal more remote.

We are still far from accomplishing the goals of the Millennium Declaration.

ODA has remained far below the 0.7 per cent target, agreed 35 years ago, and ODA quality is also a matter of concern.

Everyone has his goal, has his dreams, has his visions.

Conversely, the Pacific region was off track in achieving almost all the Goals accordingly, the Australian aid programme focused on that area.

The Assembly's objectives

Because, you know, I can see a great deal farther than you can.

The document unduly stressed the need to accomplish the Global Agenda for Development with a dominant focus on the achievement of the MDGs, even though development issues would go far beyond them.

Still, there is far to go if we are to attain the Millennium Development Goals.

That integrated approach is far more promising than insistence on official development assistance supply targets.

56. A wholly independent judiciary is still a distant goal.

But in most low income countries and in nearly all the least developed countries, the maximum that can be raised by such efforts will fall far short of what is needed to reach the Millennium Development Goals.

(a) For Finland, indicator 32 (on slum dwellers) in the MDG database shows a percentage of 5.6 per cent, which is much higher than the actual situation in the country.

Without adequate dissemination of information, the 2015 target for achieving the MDGs by member nations will be far from a reality, based on the extent of commitments that have been made.

This treaty has a comprehensive character and far reaching political and security objectives.

Co chairs Elsa Stamatopoulou, Chief, secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Parshuram Tamang (Nepal), Forum member

Again, we are very, very far away in just getting to where we want to get to.

Target's a deal too close. can we have it removed to a fit distance to shoot at?

Vision A just world in which there is respect for human dignity and cultural diversity.

trade capacity development for the least developed countries. Attaining the trade component of goal 8 was far off, and much work remained to be done on aid for trade that prioritized the needs of the poorest countries.

Our social policy is framed by a long term vision and short term goals under constant review, in keeping with the Millennium Development Goals, the fulfilment of which we reaffirmed yesterday in this Hall.

Despite increases in ODA, a large proportion of which had been in the form of debt relief, it remained well below what would be required by Africa in order to achieve the MDGs.

However, according to a recently concluded programme evaluation, these goals were still far from being achieved.