Education is absolutely central to achieving all of our development goals - we know that progress in education is a vital tool in making progress in poverty reduction, heath and nutrition.

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Saving Lives at Birth is the first in a series of Grand Challenges for Development that will be announced by USAID in the coming years to mobilize focused attention and resources around the most pressing obstacles to achieving our development goals.

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And the U.S. assistance that has helped us throughout so many years has allowed us to get Jordan to where we are today, and hopefully will continue to help us advance our shared goals of development, security and regional peace.

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Some sobering stats and statements about our lack of progress towards the Millenium Development Goals.

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Our country has already achieved many of the Millennium Development Goals, and is well on target to achieve all eight by the 2015 deadline.

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Taken together, these sustainable development goals will enhance equity, revitalize the global economy and help protect our ecosystems.

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In the name of the development goals we all set at the millennium, the right to food and our common humanity, I urge all of you to act together now.

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