United Nations Millenium Dev. Goals

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United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDG) N Millennium Development Goals What are the Millennium Development Goals? The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world€™s countries and all the world€™s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world€™s poorest. The Goals 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger 2. Achieve universal primary education Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling 3. Promote gender and equality and empower women Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and at all levels by 2015 4. Reduce child mortality Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five 5. Improve maternal health Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio 6. Combat HIV/AIDS malaria and other diseases Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases 7. Ensure environmental sustainability Integrate the principles of sustainable development into the country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers. By 2020 8. Develop a global partnership for development Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory, includes a commitment to good
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