MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)

2000 Millennium Summit ‘The United Nations Millennium Declaration is a landmark document for a new century …….(we are) initiating a Millennium Campaign to make the commitments better known throughout the world…. As part of this, the United Nations system will work with national governments, civil society, the international financial institutions and other partners to produce a series of regular national reports…to measure and monitor progress towards achieving the MDGs on a country by country basis. Our hope is that, in this age of democracy, annual reporting will force action. ….. It is not at the United Nations, or by the work of the organization's officials, that the goals could be achieved. They have to be achieved in each of its Member States, by the efforts of their Governments and peoples.’ Kofi Annan UN Secretary General

By 2015 all 191 United Nations Member States have pledged to: 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 a global partnership for development MDGs

MDGs are not new in essence What makes them different is limited number (8 goals;18 targets; 40 indicators); limited number (8 goals;18 targets; 40 indicators); quantitative specific targets; quantitative specific targets; time bound; time bound; indicators to measure progress; indicators to measure progress; easiness to communicate; easiness to communicate; an unprecedented political commitment and agreement an unprecedented political commitment and agreement

The main premise about MDGs is that they will ; trigger action and foster alliances; provide a framework of accountability for national governments, international donors, and many other actors that have a role in development provide a framework of accountability for national governments, international donors, and many other actors that have a role in development

UN policy on MDGs All MDG targets are equally important; All MDG targets are equally important; Broad national ownership and participation are pivotal for the achievement of the MDGs; Broad national ownership and participation are pivotal for the achievement of the MDGs; Partnerships with the Government, civil society and the private sector are essential; Partnerships with the Government, civil society and the private sector are essential; Much of the work required to achieve the MDGs is already on-going, but needs greater focus and sense of urgency; Much of the work required to achieve the MDGs is already on-going, but needs greater focus and sense of urgency; A focus on the MDGs neither diminishes nor precludes the work of the UN in other mandated areas. A focus on the MDGs neither diminishes nor precludes the work of the UN in other mandated areas.

Actions to be implemented at the global level by the UN: Annual Reports of the UN SG to the General Assembly; Annual Reports of the UN SG to the General Assembly; The Millennium Project aimed at proposing the best strategies for meeting the MDGs in different countries around the globe; The Millennium Project aimed at proposing the best strategies for meeting the MDGs in different countries around the globe; The Global Millennium Campaign aimed at mobilizing broad public support and fostering alliances The Global Millennium Campaign aimed at mobilizing broad public support and fostering alliances

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