Progress is behind schedule for almost all of the Millennium Development Goals. Failure to achieve the goals will have tragic consequences for children, particularly those in developing countries: Millions will see their childhood violated through ill health or death from preventable disesases; millions more will see their futures compromised because of governments' failures to provide them with an education; and the number of children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS will continue to rise.

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