The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals which were established by the United Nations in 2000. The eight goals aimed to eradicate poverty, achieve universal education, promote gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development by 2015. Each goal had specific targets and dates for achieving them. In 2005, G8 finance ministers agreed to provide funds to development banks to cancel $40-55 billion in debt owed by poor countries to redirect resources toward programs for health, education, and poverty alleviation.