国际英语新闻：World leaders conclude UN anti-poverty summit

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- World leaders Wednesday wrapped up the UN high-level summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after adopting an outcome document.

Nearly 140 heads of state and government took part in the high-level meeting, which opened here on Monday morning to review the gains and gaps in the world efforts to achieve the MDGs, and determine what else needs to be done to reach the Goals by their target date of 2015.

The MDGs include slashing poverty, combating disease, fighting hunger, protecting the environment and boosting education.

The outcome document touched on virtually every aspect of global issues beyond the headings of each of the eight MDGs from human rights to corruption to climate change.

It focused particularly on actions, policies and strategies to support those developing countries that are lagging most behind and those goals that are most off track, thus improving the lives of the poorest people.

The outcome document, entitled "Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals," expressed deep concern that progress has fallen far short of what is needed. But it voiced confidence that with renewed global commitment the targets to slash hunger, poverty, disease and a host of other social ills can still be achieved by 2015.