The Millennium Development Goals were eight international development goals established by the United Nations in 2000 following the Millennium Summit. All 193 UN member states committed to help achieve the goals by 2015, which included eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, and ensuring environmental sustainability. While progress was made, the document discusses whether the goals were fully achieved or not by the 2015 deadline.