In 2000, 189 United Nations’ member states signed the Millennium

Declaration that aimed to halve world poverty by 2015.From this declaration came the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)


Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Halve the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day and those who suffer from hunger by 2015.
Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015


 
Achieve universal primary education
Ensure that all children complete primary school by 2015

Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure girls have the same access to schooling as boys by 2015


Reduce child mortality
Cut infant and child deaths by two thirds by 2015


Improve maternal health
Reduce by three-quarters the proportion of women dying in childbirth by 2015


Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases by 2015

Ensure environmental sustainability
Halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015
Transform the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020
Reverse the loss of environmental resources by 2015


Secure a global partnership for development
Address trade, debt, aid, public health and technology issues to promote economic growth and poverty reduction by 2015