Millennium Development Goals

There are 8 (eight) Millennium Development Goals of United Nations.

1. Eradicate extreme Poverty and Hunger
2. Achieve universal Primary Education
3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
4. Reduce Child Mortality
5. Improve Maternal Health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases
7. Ensure Environment Sustainability
8. Global Partnership for Development

(Goal 1 )Eradicate extreme Poverty and Hunger:-

Target 1.A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1.25 a day

Target 1.B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

(Goal 2) Achieve universal Primary Education:-

Target 2.A: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

(Goal 3) Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women:-

Target 3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015

(Goal 4) Reduce Child Mortality:-

Target 4.A: Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

(Goal 5) Improve Maternal Health:-

Target 5.A: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio

Target 5.B: Achieve universal access to reproductive health

(Goal 6) Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases:-

Target 6.A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

Target 6.B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it

Target 6.C: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

(Goal 7) Ensure Environment Sustainability:-

Target 7.A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Target 7.B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss

Target 7.C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

Target 7.D: Achieve, by 2020, a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

(Goal 8) Global Partnership for Development:-

Target 8.A: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system

Target 8.B:  Address the special needs of least developed countries

Target 8.C:  Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States

Target 8.D: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries

Target 8.E: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

Target 8.F: In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications