IAEA Expertise Supports Millennium Development Goals Achieving International Development Objectives through Technical Cooperation IAEA General Conference

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21 September 2010

Through an IAEA technical co-operation project, Latin American nutrition scientists are using isotopes and nuclear analytical techniques to evaluate how well food sustains the body´s health and growth. (Photo: IAEA)

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At the United Nations Summit meeting in New York this week, the progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is being reviewed. The IAEA is proud of the part it plays helping member states and the global community reach these crucially important development goals.
Sustainable socioeconomic development is the IAEA´s Technical Cooperation Programme´s strategic goal. It is realized through partnerships with lead organizations in a specific sectors, such as the UN´s Food and Agriculture Organization or the World Health Organization.
The IAEA, a science-based organization, contributes towards these internationally recognized development priorities´ achievement.
Working closely with research organizations and civil society at national and international levels, the IAEA´s Technical Cooperation Projects benefit national socioeconomic development. A direct link is established with national and international development priorities from project design through to delivery.
Several of the IAEA´s core competencies support progress towards the MDG milestones. For example, the many TC projects on mutation breeding, application of the sterile insect technique and improved livestock breeding help eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Innovative contributions from nuclear science and technology, in particular radiation medicine and isotope techniques, are successfully applied in helping reduce the mortality rate for children under the age of five, improve maternal health, combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, while the IAEA engages in global partnerships for development to address the special needs of the least developed countries, landlocked countries and small island developing states, and make available the benefits of new technologies.
Follow this link to find more information on the IAEA´s Technical Cooperation Projects that support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in poverty eradication, child and maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and environmental sustainability.
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