The country had hoped to bring that figure down to 140 deaths per 100,000 births by 2015 as part of its commitment to its Millennium Development Goals,or MDGs.

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Furthermore, he says, the MDGs on basic sanitation are unlikely to be met before 2025.

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MDGs' chief intellectual sponsor, thinks the 0.7% target now has more than history to recommend it.

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This is one of the lessons learned from efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

UNESCO: Published in Mainichi Newspaper on 28 May 2012.