What are the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?
The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals, to be achieved by 2015, that respond to the world’s main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent the world’s time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions – income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion-while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability. The MDGs also emphasize shared accountability and reciprocal obligations among developed and developing countries. The eight MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. Click here for a full list of Goals, Targets, and Indicators. The Millennium Development Goals are: Goal 1: Eradicate extreme pove
