Millennium Development Goals | Wikipedia audio article
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Millennium Development Goals


00:02:37 1 Background
00:02:45 1.1 Millennium Summit
00:04:05 1.2 Precursors
00:05:07 1.3 Human capital, infrastructure and human rights
00:06:19 1.4 Partnership
00:06:55 2 Goals
00:07:19 2.1 Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
00:08:23 2.2 Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
00:08:47 2.3 Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
00:09:22 2.4 Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rates
00:09:49 2.5 Goal 5: Improve maternal health
00:10:29 2.6 Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
00:11:51 2.7 Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
00:13:18 2.8 Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
00:16:40 3 Criticism
00:16:49 3.1 General
00:18:11 3.2 Alleged lack of legitimacy
00:18:52 3.3 Human rights
00:19:30 3.4 Human capital
00:23:35 3.5 Equity
00:24:53 3.6 Women's issues
00:27:27 4 Progress
00:29:01 4.1 Multilateral debt reduction
00:30:17 4.2 Sub-Saharan Africa
00:34:22 4.3 Funding commitment
00:35:07 4.3.1 European Union
00:35:44 4.4 United States
00:36:22 4.4.1 OECD
00:36:54 4.5 Review Summit 2010
00:37:24 4.6 MDG3
00:38:29 5 Improvements
00:39:19 6 Post 2015 development agenda
00:40:54 7 Related activities/organisations
00:42:40 7.1 Education
00:43:31 7.2 UN Goals
00:43:51 7.3 Libraries and the Millennium Development Goals
00:45:18 8 See also



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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were the eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All 191 United Nations member states at that time, and at least 22 international organizations, committed to help achieve the following Millennium Development Goals by 2015:

To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
To achieve universal primary education
To promote gender equality and empower women
To reduce child mortality
To improve maternal health
To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
To ensure environmental sustainability
To develop a global partnership for development
Each goal had specific targets, and dates for achieving those targets. To accelerate progress, the G8 finance ministers agreed in June 2005 to provide enough funds to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to cancel $40 to $55 billion in debt owed by members of the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) to allow them to redirect resources to programs for improving health and education and for alleviating poverty.
Critics of the MDGs complained of a lack of analysis and justification behind the chosen objectives, and the difficulty or lack of measurements for some goals and uneven progress, among others. Although developed countries' aid for achieving the MDGs rose during the challenge period, more than half went for debt relief and much of the remainder going towards natural disaster relief and military aid, rather than further development.
As of 2013, progress towards the goals was uneven. Some countries achieved many goals, while others were not on track to realize any. A UN conference in September 2010 reviewed progress to date and adopted a global plan to achieve the eight goals by their target date. New commitments targeted women's and children's health, and new initiatives in the worldwide battle against poverty, hunger and disease.
Among the non-governmental organizations assisting were the United Nations Millennium Campaign, the Millennium Promise Alliance, Inc., the Global Poverty Project, the Micah Challenge, The Youth in Action EU Programme, "Cartoons in Action" video project and the 8 Visions of Hope global art project.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replaced the MDGs in 2016.