Bissio: Indicators are either regressing or making not progress at all

“It is with great sadness that we have to report today that in relation with the 48 countries listed as LDCs the commitments included in the Millennium Declaration and the Brussels Program of Action (BPoA) are not being met,” said Roberto Bissio on behalf of Social Watch, at the United Nations General Assembly interactive hearings with civil society on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in New York, April 1.

“Not only are most LDCs not on track to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target year of 2015, but on a careful look at the three most essential social indicators --infant mortality, maternal health and primary school enrolment and survival-- over half of the LDCs for which there are indicators available are either regressing or making no progress at all,” added Bissio.