摘要：European Commissioner for Develop- ment Andris Piebalgs recently p ointed out the need for "updated and modernised [Millennium Development Goals], pro- viding decent living standards for all – a set of minimum floors below which no one should fall". 1 He added that "these 'MDGs plus' would provide the basic rights that every citizen on the planet should expect … with, where necessar y, for the poorest countries, the support of the international community through continued overseas development assistance".
