Overview
In September 2000, world leaders met at the United Nations in New York and endorsed the Millennium Declaration, a commitment to work together to build a safer, more prosperous and equitable world. The Declaration set eight time-bound goals with measurable targets to be reached by 2015, known as the Millennium Development Goals. For more information, please read our Background and Talking Points sections.
Facts
Read our Fast Facts section and learn more about progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and the challenges that lie ahead.
Stories
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the world’s most ambitious, targeted and comprehensive set of objectives ever set to address extreme poverty in its many forms. Despite serious challenges, such as the global food crisis and the recent economic slowdown, huge gains are still being made. These stories of success not only speak to the millions of lives that have been improved, but also to the potential for even greater breakthroughs moving forward.
Click here to read some examples of successes that are demonstrating the feasibility of meeting the Goals (and more) by 2015.
Petition
Click here to read the full petition.
