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Millennium Development Goals : 

Millennium Development Goals What are they?

Introduction : 

Introduction Agreed during the 2000 session of the United Nations General Assembly Every UN Member State made the same commitment to meet the Goals by 2015 7th July 2007 marked the official “half-way” point

Goal 1 : 

Goal 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

Goal 2 : 

Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling

Goal 3 : 

Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015

Goal 4 : 

Goal 4 Reduce child mortality Reduce by two thirds (2/3) the mortality rate among children under five

Goal 5 : 

Goal 5 Improve maternal health Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio

Goal 6 : 

Goal 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

Goal 7 : 

Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; 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

Goal 8 : 

Goal 8 Develop a global partnership for development Address the least developed countries' special needs Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory, includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction - nationally and internationally