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Millennium Development Goals

In 2000, world leaders committed to fighting the root causes of poverty, hunger, disease, and inequality. They adopted the UN's eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and aimed to achieve them by 2015, marking the first time all member states agreed to a common framework for improving the lives of the world's poor.

MDG 1 - Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the number of people whose income is less than $1 a day and who suffer from hunger.

MDG 2 - Achieve Universal Primary Education2. Achieve Universal Primary Education

Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere will have access to a full course of primary schooling.

MDG 3 - Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005, and at all levels by 2015.

MDG 4 - Reduce Child Mortality4. Reduce Child Mortality

Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.

MDG 5 - Improve Maternal Health5. Improve Maternal Health

Reduce the maternal deaths by three quarters and achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health.

MDG 6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases

Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other diseases, and achieve universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for those who need it by 2010.

MDG 7 - Ensure Environmental Sustainability7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Integrate sustainable development principles into country policies; significantly reduce biodiversity loss by 2010; cut in half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation; improve the lives of 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020.

MDG 8 - Develop a Global Partnership for Development8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Develop further an open, rule-based trading and financial system committed to development and poverty reduction; make countries' debt sustainable in the long term; provide access to affordable drugs in developing countries; make available the benefits of new technologies.