THE 2O00 MILLENNIUM
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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GOAL 1
To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
GOAL 2
To achieve universal primary education.
GOAL 3
To promote gender equality and empower women.
GOAL 4
To reduce child mortality.
GOAL 5
To improve maternal health.
GOAL 6
To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases.
GOAL 7
To ensure environmental sustainability.
GOAL 8
To develop a global partnership for development.
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WHAT GOOD HAS HAPPENED?
OK, never have humanity worked so successfully together on common goals. We didn’t reach all the way, but much good was accomplished:
– Global poverty was halved well ahead of the 2015 deadline.
– In developing countries, 90 per cent of children now have some kind of education to attend to.
–The number of people lacking access to drinking water has halved.
– The fight against malaria and tuberculosis has shown positive results.
WHAT IS NOT SO GOOD?
– 73 million young people in the world are looking for a job, and many more are being used under unfair conditions by their bosses.
– In recent years, more than two and a half million more children in rich countries fell into poverty, bringing the total above 76 million.
WHAT'S NEXT STEP
The UN – all countries in the world – continued the work and has agreed upon an ambitious post-2015 development agenda:
