1. The Millennium Development Goals

2. Purpose of the United Nations
Maintain international peace and security
Maintain friendly relations among nations
Cooperate in solving international problems and promoting respect for human rights
To be a center for harmonizing actions of nations

3. How does it do that?
Provides the means to resolve international conflicts
Formulate policies on matters affecting a range of countries
Opportunity to balance global interdependence and national interests when addressing international problems
Create mechanisms to achieve social progress and development

4. MDG #1 – Eradicating Poverty and Hunger
By 2015, reduce the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day by half
By 2013, reduce the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by half
Assist people who cannot fulfill their basic needs such as food, water, clothing, and shelter
Poor harvest – dry landscape and harsh climate prevents crops from growing
Shortage of food
Affordability is an issue

5. MDG #1 – Continued…
Target 1.B: 
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

6. Goal #2 - Achieve Universal Primary Education
Ensure a full course of primary schooling for all boys and girls by 2015

7. Goal #3 – Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, and at all levels of education no later than 2015.

8. Goal # 4 - Reduce the Mortality Rate by two-thirds
Lower the number of children dying while they are very young
Disease – living in environments where there is not protection from germs such as breathing in unhealthy air
Malnutrition – lack of nutrients because of poor diet

9. Goal #5 – Reduce the maternal mortality ratio
Achieve access to reproductive health
Helping mother get the opportunity to see a doctor when they are pregnant
Regular check-ups
Proving them with medication

10. Goal #6 – Stop the spread of HIV/AIDs
Allowing people to get treatment
Lowering the cost of medication
Reverse the incidence of HIV/AIDs and other diseases

11. Goal #7 – Integrate principles of sustainable development
Reverse the loss of environmental resources
Reduce the loss of biodiversity
Provide people with sustainable access t safe drinking water and basic sanitation
Significant improvement in the lives of those people living in slums

12. Goal # 8 – An approach to development
Address special needs of least developed countries
Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries
Deal with the debt problems of developing countries
Partner with the private sector to make new technologies and information available