The United Nations Implemented Eight Millennium Development Goals

The United Nation’s goal for 2030 is to strive towards eliminating as much poverty as possible. Even though as the years go on poverty is slowly decreasing, it is not as much as hoped. “More than 800 million people are being affected by poverty and amazingly living off an average of only $1.25 per day” (United Nations, para. 1).

SDGs Goal Number 1 is “End poverty in all it forms everywhere.” Although the number of poverty is decreasing by more than half in the reign of MDGs, there are still 1.2 billion people living in poverty. More than 800 people still living on less than $1.25 per day. The biggest percentage of poverty is in countries in the South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa by 80% of global total in extreme poverty. Rapid economic growth countries (example: India and China) have made many people out of poverty but the progress also didn’t reach the maximum.

According to the Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 by United Nations, over 800 million people still live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day. Over 160 million children under age five years old face growth deficits due to malnutrition (“Millions”) 2015 UNICEF monitoring also indicates that the estimate of mortality for a child under five is 5.9 million, and nearly half of the deaths are reported to link to malnutrition (“Under”). The World Bank Group, The United Nations, UNICEF, WHO, WFP, USAID, and other major international organizations have been striving to provide better living conditions to those in severe circumstances; however, experts predict that there still much

A global approach, such as with Millennium Development Goals”, is one of the examples when the collective action can provide a collective

The MDG has provided the world with better ways to meet human needs and requirements of economic transformation, while protecting human rights, ensuring peace, and realizing human rights. Along with the many accomplishments that the MDG has achieved so far I think the two achievements that are most striking are, the amount of people that have gained access to piped drinking water, 2.3 billion in 1990 and increased to 4.2 billion in 2015. The MDG has allowed countries to have access to improved sanitation and drinking water. Another achievement that stood out to me in the overview is that in Northern Africa pregnant women received four or more antenatal visits, which increased from 50 percent to 89 percent between 1990 and 2014. This is drastic

Between 1990 and 2005, the rate of poverty in the developing world dropped from 46% to 26%, with the majority of developing nations continuing in this trend today (United Nations Summit, 2010). However, statistics show that approximately 920 million individuals currently live on a daily sum of less than USD $1.25 per day (ibid.). It is evident, therefore, that income inequality continues to exist, prompting the demand to further build the economy and better serve those in poverty through a greater focus on sustainable development.

The first step to any problem solving process is examining the scope of the task and educing any complications of proposed solutions. Above all the chaos and mess begetted from the current policies today, it is helpful to unravel and understand what global poverty is. However, poverty is not easy to define because “national poverty lines vary greatly across the world, from under $1 per person per day to over $40” (Ravallion). Because of cultural peculiarities, most of today’s problems relate to different issues such as accessibility to basic needs, adequate health and nutrition, and other problems that may be present in one country but not in another.

In today’s global economy, if we want economic growth and development in developing countries, improvements need to be made that provide opportunities for the well-being of the citizens. Economic growth and development has factors that include poverty and life expectancy rates. The various causes of poverty make a huge impact and it changes trends in many countries that effect the way people live. Even with certain changes that the government has made, numerous individuals and nations are still living in a state of poverty. Poverty is a significant issue to society that may be overlooked in certain countries because it is normalized, especially in developing countries, such as India, Africa, Haiti and more. The citizens of these countries may be living off of $2.00 or less to provide for themselves and their family. The level of poverty that increased and changed the lives of millions is the main cause of conflict in developing countries.

There are many people who live in poverty, with access to very few resources, reducing their ability to find any way out of this lifestyle. One of the goals in the Millennium Development Goals created by the UN, which expired in 2015, is to completely eradicate extreme poverty. The first target was to halve the number of people in the word who earn less than $1.25 per day. According to the UN’s reports this was accomplished five years ahead of 2015, which meant that they had been effective in accomplishing this part of the goal. However, this does not mean that people are earning much higher than the said amount. If people are still earning around this amount, they have not escaped from poverty, meaning there are still many who are in the depth of poverty. The next target, which is derived from the first one, was to increase significantly the number of people with a more productive work, that is more easier and decent for all people, men and women alike. This target had not been achieved as the number of teens to young adults working had gone down from five out of ten to four out of ten. The main root of this problem is said to have been due to the economic crisis between 2008 and 2009. Although the percentage of people working for an amount higher than $1.25 per day has increased, the number of people working around the age group previously said has only decreased, which is a downturn towards reaching the goal for decreased poverty levels. The next target for achieving

Hello fellow United Nations members, it is an honour to be here. While the MDG’s can be considered a global success as they have enhanced the lives of many people within developing nations, it is still important to note that there are still glaring factors in developing countries that are holding them back. Therefore, it is important that we take note of these factors and try to work on them in order to improve the lives of everyone within these countries. A country that I strongly believe needs to be focused on is Uganda. Hence, in this speech, I will analyse the characteristics that have inhibited development in line with the United Nations MDG’s and address the progress of Uganda. By the end of the speech, the recommended appropriate strategies to achieve the goals/improve on them will be provided. It is hypothesised that although corruption and Civil War have held Uganda back, social influences along with poverty has stopped Uganda from reaching all their goals.

Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger (“Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990”)

In September 2000, with the new millennium coming to an end, the ever looming reality of the serious issues, such as extreme poverty and hunger that had been plaguing third world countries and the less fortunate, had officially been brought to light and must be dealt with. These issues were compiled and formed the basis of what is known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Eight goals that the United Nations Millennium Campaign have set out to achieve by 2015, which include; “Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, universal primary education, gender equality and female empowerment, the reduction of child mortality, the improvement of maternal health, fighting HIV/AIDS, malaria and other serious diseases, environmental sustainability and finally a global partnership for development”(SOURCE http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/goals/index.htm).

Looking at these MDG’s, which area of investment would be most effective in reducing poverty? You can see from the above goals that health is a dominant issue, as many of the goals can be attributed to health deficiency problems. It is also true that hunger is maybe the most important and fundamental form of poverty

I personally think that the world has generally speaking has done well in achieving most article 25 and the first millennium development goal. Because most regions have achieved some part of the goals. Either having achieved the goal or made good steady progress. Because the UN has made very smart goals different for every region. For example the goal for oceania is to eliminate all hunger and for southern asia to cut the number in half. I think that countries should now concentrate on generating decent and productive employment

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.