United Nations Millennium Development Goals
In September 2000, the United Nations came up with the eight Millennium Development Goals. The eight millennium development goals are 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 and other diseases,
- ensure environmental sustainability,
- develop a global partnership for development.
The United Nations made a commitment to accomplish these goals by 2015 and thus make an attempt to promote human development.
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