The Millenium Development Goals

 

The 8 Millennium Development Goals

1.        When were they formed?

They were adopted by world leaders in 2000 and aim to be achieved by 2015.

2.       Why were they formed?
They were formed to cut world poverty in half, therefore saving lives and giving people opportunities to benefit the global economy.

3.       List them + one target.

Ø  Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

·         Target 1: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than one dollar a day.

Ø  Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

·         Target 1: Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling.

Ø  Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

·         Target 1: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015.

Ø  Goal 4: Reduce child mortality 

·         Target 1: Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five.

Ø  Goal 5: Improve maternity health

·         Target 1: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio.

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

·         Target 1: Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Ø  Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

·         Target 1: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources.

Ø  Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

·         Target 1: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system.