Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Declaration as adopted by 189 countries at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000 Declaration, adopted at the largest ever gathering of head of states, committed countries – rich and poor – to doing all they can to eradicate poverty, promote human dignity & equality and achieve peace, democracy and environmental sustainability. World leaders promised to work together to meet concrete targets for advancing development and reducing poverty by 2015 or earlier. It has 8 goals and 18 indicators. With starting points in 1990, each goal is to be reached by 2015.

Goal 1 : Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Target 1 : Halve the proportion of people living on less then $ 1 a day. Target 2 : Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

Goal 2 : Achieve Universal Primary Education

Target 3 :     Ensure that boys and girls alike complete primary schooling.

Goal 3 : Promote Gender quality and empower women

Target 4 : Eliminate gender disparity at all level or education.

Goal 4 : Reduce Child mortality

Target 5 :     Reduce by two thirds the under-five mortality rate.

Goal 5 : Improve maternal health

Target 6 :     Reduce by three – quarters the maternal mortality ratio.

Goal 6 : Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. HIV/AIDS

Target 7 :     Have halted by 2015 & begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

Target 8 : Have halted by 2015 & begun to reverse the incidence of malaria & other major diseases

Goal 7 : Ensure environmental sustainability

Target 9 : Integrate sustainability development into country policies and reverse loss of environmental resources.

Target 10 : Hale the proportion of people without access to potable water. Target 11 : Significantly improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.

Goal 8 : Develop a global partnership for development

Target 12 : Develop an open, rule-based predictable, non –discriminatory trading and financial system.

Target 13 :   Address the special needs of the least developed countries.

Target 14 : Address the special needs of the land – locked countries and small Island developing states.

Target 15 : Deal comprehensively with the debt problem of developing countries in order to make debt sustainable in the long run.

Target 16 :   Develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth.

Target 17 : In Cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries.

Target 18 : In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications technologies.