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국제앰네스티는 유엔이 발표한 통계를 통해 일정부분 발전에도 불구하고 중요한 세계적 목표인 산모사망 방지에 실패할 수 있다는 점이 확인 되면서 각국들에게 산모사망을 막기 위한 노력을 가속화 해야 한다고 발표했다.
다수의 유엔 기구들이 9월 15일 발행한 보고서에 따르면 임신 및 출산 합병증에 의해 사망한 여성의 수는 1990년 546,000명에서 2008년 258,000 명으로 줄어든 것으로 추정된다.
국제앰네스티 국제법∙국제기구국 위드니 브라운(Widney Brown) 선임 국장은 “1분에 한명의 여성이 사망하지는 않지만 새 통계에 따르면 아직도 1분30초에 한명의 여성이 사망”하며 “국제앰네스티는 지금까지 이뤄낸 발전을 환영하지만 수백, 수천의 여성들이 구제될 수 있음에도 불구하고 임신과 출산중에 사망하고 있다는 것은 여전히 사실이다”라고 전했다. 또한, “막을 수 있는 경우에는 어느 여성의 출산중 사망도 일어나선 안 된다. 세계 정부들은 가장 가난하고 불리한 상황에 있는 여성들 또한 공평하고 신속한 도움을 받을 수 있도록 더욱더 노력 해야 한다”라고 말했다. 
GOVERNMENTS URGED TO DO MORE TO PREVENT WOMEN DYING IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
16 September 2010Amnesty International has urged countries to accelerate efforts to combat maternal mortality, after new UN figures confirmed that despite some progress, countries will miss a key global target on the issue.
The number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth has decreased from an estimated 546,000 in 1990 to 358,000 in 2008, according to a report issued by several UN agencies on Wednesday.
The figures showed that the annual rate of decline in maternal mortality is less than half of that needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing maternal mortality by 75 per cent between 1990 and 2015.
“Although a woman is no longer dying every minute, according to the new statistics one woman is still dying every minute and a half,” said Widney Brown, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for International Law and Policy. “Amnesty International welcomes the progress that has been made but the fact remains that hundreds and thousands of women die every year in pregnancy and childbirth, though these deaths are preventable.”
“No women should die while giving birth, when such deaths are preventable. Governments need to do much more to ensure that the most disadvantaged and poorest women have equal and timely access to life saving care.”
The new figures were published as heads of states prepare to meet and review progress on the MDGs at a UN summit in New York on 20-22 September.
“Governments need to intensify their efforts to ensure that all women enjoy their rights to maternal, sexual and reproductive health and choice.” said Widney Brown.
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank released a new report Ton Thursday, Trends in maternal mortality.
The report highlighted that the 34 per cent decline since 1990 represents an average annual decline of just 2.3 per cent, falling short of the 5.5 per cent decline needed to meet the target and indicating that most countries around the world will miss the 2015 target.
The MDGs, which remain the most prominent global initiative to address poverty, were drawn from the Millennium Declaration adopted 10 years ago and agreed by World leaders who committed to achieving the targets by 2015.
