In 2000, 193 nations agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals aimed at improving human well-being by 2015. The eight goals addressed eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. Progress has been made in reducing poverty and increasing access to clean water, but more work remains as the 2015 deadline approaches. Various UN agencies monitor and work to implement the different goals.

1. A brief introduction to the MDGs
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2. What are the MDGs?
 In September 2000, at the Millennium
Summit, 193 nations agreed on a set of eight
development goals aimed at improving overall
human well-being.
 These goals are set out in a document called the
United Nations Millennium Declaration.
 All agreed to achieve these goals by 2015.
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3. The eight MDGs
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other disease
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
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5. Milestones achieved (2012)
 Extreme poverty is falling in every region
 The poverty reduction target was met
 The target of halving the proportion of people without access to
improved sources of water and access to safe drinking water was met.
 Improvements in the lives of 200 million slum dwellers exceeded the
slum target
 The target of achieving parity in primary education between girls and
boys was met.
 Significant progress towards universal primary education has been
achieved.
 The number of under-five deaths worldwide fell significantly.
 Access to treatment for people living with HIV increased in all regions.
 The target of halting and beginning to reverse the spread of
tuberculosis is on track.
 Global malaria deaths have declined.
Source: The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012, United Nations
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6. UN monitoring agencies
Various UN agencies are responsible for monitoring and implementing the various MDGs:
Goal 1:
FAO, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF and World Bank
Goal 2:
UNESCO
Goal 3:
ILO, IPU and UNESCO
Goal 4:
UNICEF and WHO
Goal 5:
OECD, UNFPA, UNICEF, United Nations
Population Division and WHO
Goal 6: UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO
Goal 7: CIDIAC, FAO, IUCN, UNEP, UNEP-WCMC,
UNICEF, UNFCCC and UN-Habitat
Goal 8: ITC, ITU, OECD, UNCTAD, World Bank & WTO
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7. “… Working together, governments,
the United Nations family, the
private sector and civil society can
succeed in tackling the greatest
challenges. As the 2015 deadline is
fast approaching, we must be
united and steadfast in our resolve
to accelerate progress and achieve
the MDGs.”
— UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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8. MDG Learning Resources
 www.un.org
 http://www.esds.ac.uk/international/elearning/un
mdg/
 www.worldbank.org
 http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic/millennium-
development-goals
 http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/resources/edu
cation/millennium-development-goals/
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-
development/2010/sep/14/millennium-
development-goals-resources
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