8 United Nations Millennium Goals |
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
The 8 United Nations Millennium Goals What are the 8 Global Millennium Goals?
| | • Goal 1 - Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger TARGET Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day TARGET Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
| | • Goal 2 - Achieve universal primary Education TARGET Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary Schooling
| | • Goal 3 - Promote gender equality and empower Women TARGET Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and in all levels of education no later than 2015
| | • Goal 4 - Reduce child Mortality TARGET Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
| | • Goal 5 - Improve maternal Health TARGET Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
| | • Goal 6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases TARGET Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS TARGET Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
| | • Goal 7 - Ensure environmental Sustainability TARGET Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes TARGET Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation TARGET To improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020
| | • Goal 8 - Develop a global partnership for Development TARGET Address the special needs of the least developed countries, landlocked countries and small island developing States TARGET Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and financial system TARGET Deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt TARGET In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth TARGET In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 November 2007 )
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