The Un Millennium Summit : Eight Millennium Development Goals

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Literature The Millennium Development Goals were goals(MDGs) were the international community’s most broadly shared, comprehensive, and focused framework for poverty reduction (UN,2007). The MDGs were drawn from the millennium declaration adopted and agreed by all governments in 2000(UN,2007). Therefore, MDGs represented commitments of all United Nations member states to reduce extreme poverty and its manifestations which are hunger diseases, gender inequality, and lack of education

Nations’ (UN’s) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs consists of eight different goals, that if completed would change the world tremendously, and in turn make the world a better place. Of these eight goals the one I found the most plausible to change the world, and continue changing it once completed, was the second goal: To achieve universal primary education by the year 2015. Although universal education was one of the many goals that was not completed by 2015, the UN decided to continue

uk/worldservice/trust/2015/index.shtml Site 3 did not work, so I used a different website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/33382023 What are the millennium goals? The Millennium Goals are eight goals with a clear deadline and measurable target, whose main purpose is to help the world’s poorest people and make the world a better place. The eight Millennium Goals are: eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing

relating it to the issue of sustainable development as well as identifying several implications of a continued “Business as Usual” approach and concluding by providing several objectives and alternatives to improve sustainability of the world. Before continuing towards the discussion of the connection between climate change and sustainability, the term ‘sustainable development’ or ‘sustainability’ will be explained first. The term ‘sustainable development’ is relatively similar with the term ‘sustainability’

leaders made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they signed onto the Millennium Declaration and agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world's poorest people. World leaders have agreed to achieve the MDGs by 2015.  It’s up to us to make sure leaders follow through on these commitments. The "United Nations Millennium Campaign" supports and inspires people

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are comprised of eight goals for global development aimed to enable people to live better lives. 189 nations adopted the UN Millennium Declaration in September 2000, and committed to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. To state the facts, MDG Goal 1 has three specific targets. Target 1.A is to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a

The African country, more commonly known as the Horn of Africa, is a poor resource country that is in need of advanced medical care. Ethiopia is located in the east-central part of Africa. Healthcare options are limited, running water is scarce, mortality rates are continually increasing, nevertheless Ethiopia is continually making strides to solve these challenging issues. In the following portfolio, the author will examine structure and function of the major health care system while looking at

science is the science of the interactions between the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, including their effects on all types of organisms but more often refers to human impact on the environment. Goal(s) of Environmental Science • The primary goal of the Environmental Science program is to provide exposure to and a broad knowledge of environmental problems and issues using an interdisciplinary approach. This is achieved by completion of core courses and additional courses

The Millennium Development Goals were established in September of 2000 and third world countries who demonstrated significant need for assistance in regards to basic human rights and quality of life were put at the forefront of the project. The effectiveness of many intergovernmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations on these countries were set to be analyzed in 2015. The eight major goals presented at the Millennium Summit were: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty, Achieve Universal

The UN’s goal was to eradicate gender inequality in primary and secondary education, hopefully by 2005. By 2015 the aim was extinction of discrimination at all levels of education. The United Nations says, “the world has achieved equality in primary education between