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United Nations Millennium Declaration Goals. In 2009, 189 nations signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration Goals (MDG ) Aimed to free entire human racefrom ‘ want ’. UN Development Programme aims to achieve the eight MDG by 2015 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
United Nations Millennium
Declaration Goals
In 2009,189 nations signedthe United Nations Millennium Declaration
Goals(MDG)
Aimed to freeentire human racefrom ‘want’
UN Development Programme aims to achieve the eight MDG by 2015
Working with organisations such as World Health Organisationand UNAIDS
UN works with World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
Requires supportof richerdeveloped countries
Providing aid, trade, debt relief and investment
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve Maternal Health
Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnerships for development
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
1.2 billion peoplesurvive on less than$1 a day, 800 millionare under-nourished
and 153 millionchildren under five
years areunderweight.
Achieve universal primary education
114 million childrenof primary school agedo not go to school,
depriving one inevery five children of
access to basiceducation.
Promote gender equality and empower women
Women play a pivotalrole in development –business, agriculture,
family, communitywork. More women are
poor, illiterate andsuffer human rights
abuses
Reduce child mortality
1,200 children die everyhour, before their fifth
birthday. 99% occur in poorcountries, mainly from
preventable or treatableillnesses.
Improve mental health
500,000 women diein pregnancy or
childbirth annually.In developing
countries, the risk ofdying in childbirth is
one in 48
Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases
HIV/AIDS is theleading cause of
death in sub-SaharanAfrica and number
four worldwide.
Ensure environmental sustainability
More than one billionpeople do not have
access to safe drinkingwater and two billionpeople lack access tosanitation services.
Develop global partnerships for development
The private sector willestablish business
programmes that will target grassroots communities.
Corporations will extend theservices of their employees,
free of charge, to communitydevelopment.
What do these Millennium Goals mean?