[originaltext] The United Nations has warned that international efforts to re

The United Nations has warned that international efforts to reduce hunger and infant mortality are falling short of their targets. This comes as British and American governments say they’re close to an agreement to reduce the debt burden of the world’s poorest countries. Britain and the US have proposed writing off more than 30 million dollars of debt, but even as they made this announcement, the UN said that nearly 5 million African children under the age of 5 are dying every year, many from preventable, treatable diseases. With more details, here is Loria Travilian at the UN in New York.
   "5 years ago, the United Nations adopted 8 ambitious millennium development goals to be achieved by 2015, including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, and the reduction of child mortality. In a progress report on those goals, the UN says that while global poverty rates are falling, in sub-sahara Africa, millions of the poor are only getting poorer. More than 800 million people worldwide don’t have enough to eat, or more than a quarter of children under the age of 5 in developing countries are malnourished."