Recently added articles from UN Chronicle:

Building upon the lessons.(Millennium Development Goals )

Dec 01, 2007 ... BUILDING UPON THE LESSONS of four decades of United Nations efforts, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) outline a universal framework for development: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1), achieve universal primary education (Goal 2), promote gender equality and empower women ...

The importance of the MDGs: the United Nations leadership in development.(The Millennium Development Goals: Towards 2015)

Dec 01, 2007; Migiro, Asha-Rose ... The Millennium Development Goals are the international community's most broadly shared, comprehensive and focused framework for reducing poverty. Drawn from the Millennium Declaration, adopted and agreed to by all Governments in 2000, the MDGs represent the commitments of United Nations ...

A prehistory of the Millennium Development Goals: four decades of struggle for development in the United Nations.

Dec 01, 2007; Jackson, Peter ... When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the goals and targets it set in the section on development ultimately became known as the Millennium Development Goals. However, the MDGs were not part of a new agenda, but an attempt to refocus years of ...

Our aspirations must become achievements: from the Millennium Summit to 2015.(The Millennium Development Goals: Towards 2015)

Dec 01, 2007; Halonen, Tarja ... In March 2000, then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan published his report, 'We the Peoples': The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century, listing the major challenges in the world. The report presented an action plan that included halving the relative amount of people living in ...

From the Millennium Summit to 2015: the challenges ahead.(Millennium Development Goals)

Dec 01, 2007; Nujoma, Sam ... When Heads of State and Government met at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 8 September 2000, we reflected on many previous resolutions and declarations made at the international, continental, as well as regional levels. We realized then, and we know now, that almost all ...

Devising a shared global strategy for the MDGs: building on successes towards 2015.(Millennium Development Goals)

Dec 01, 2007; Zukang, Sha ... Seven years on and halfway towards 2015--the deadline set for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals--success is still possible. The MDGs, which set quantitative benchmarks to halve extreme poverty in all its forms, are achievable if countries implement national development ...

Food security and the challenge of the MDGs: the road Ahead.(Millennium Development Goals)

Dec 01, 2007; Diouf, Jacques ... In their solemn Millennium Declaration of 2000, world leaders committed themselves to spare no effort to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the world's people who suffer from poverty and hunger. Just seven years remain for us to meet that momentous challenge. Having passed the halfway mark ...

Breaking the cycle of poverty in achieving the MDGs: investing in reproductive health and rights.(Millennium Development Goals)

Dec 01, 2007; Obaid, Thoraya Ahmed ... A bold and ambitious agenda was set forth in the Millennium Development Goals to raise the quality of life of all individuals and promote human development. The MDGs represent our collective aspirations for a better life and provide a minimum road map on how to get there. However, they can ...

Surviving on pennies: we must help the world's most deprived.

Dec 01, 2007; Ahmed, Akhter ... Seven years ago, the international community made a commitment to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty and hunger between 1990 and 2015. Now at the halfway point between its declaration and the target deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, it is obvious ...

Agriculture leads to the MDGs: rural development in Africa.(Millennium Development Goals )

Dec 01, 2007; Denning, Glenn ... Agricultural productivity improvements have been a major driving force of social and economic change in human societies for millennia. The traditional production of crops and livestock fulfilled household requirements for food, fiber, fuel, medicine and other essential consumables ....

Promoting the MDGs: the role of employment and decent work.(Millennium Development Goals)

Dec 01, 2007; Somavia, Juan ... The 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, from which the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emerged, focuses on development and poverty eradication, through peace and security, human rights, democracy and good governance. It identifies the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, ...

Achieving the MDGs in Africa: a race against time.(Millennium Development Goals )

Dec 01, 2007; Lwanga, Elizabeth ... African leaders, like other leaders from the developing world, with the support of the international community, embarked on a marathon race in 2000. Singularly and collectively, they entered a race against poverty, underdevelopment and deprivation by adopting the Millennium Development ...

Can South Asia end poverty in a generation? More inclusive growth and faster human development are key.(Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger)

Dec 01, 2007; Devarajan, Shantayanan ... For the first time in its long history, the people of South Asia have the chance of sharing in a thriving environment on fair terms. The countries of the region are enjoying unprecedented economic growth, in most cases exceeding 5 per cent a year for over a decade. Today, South Asia is the ...

Ending poverty through education: the challenge of education for all.(universal primary education)

Dec 01, 2007; Matsuura, Koichiro ... The world made a determined statement when it adopted the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000. These goals represent a common vision for dramatically reducing poverty by 2015 and provide clear objectives for significant improvement in the quality of people's lives. ...

Towards universal primary education: the experience of Tanzania.

Dec 01, 2007; Sitta, Margaret Simwanza ... The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania recognizes the central role of education in achieving the overall development goal of improving the quality of life for its citizens. It considers the provision of quality universal primary education for all the most reliable way of ...

Gender disparity in primary education: the experience in India.

Dec 01, 2007; Desai, Sushrut ... The primary education system in India suffers from numerous shortcomings, not the least being a dire lack of the financial resources required to set up a nationwide network of schools. Traditionally, the sector has been characterized by poor infrastructure, underpaid teaching staff, ...

Gender equality is key to achieving the MDGs: women and girls are central to development.(Millennium Development Goals )

Dec 01, 2007; Sandler, Joanne ... One of nine children growing up from a small town in an African country, Meaza was told: "Oh, you're so smart and have so much potential, it's too bad you're not a boy." But her mother, who was illiterate, believed her children deserved better. "When I think of my mother, I think about how ...

The importance of educating girls and women: the fight against poverty in African rural communities.

Dec 01, 2007; Cotton, Ann ... The Millennium Declaration, adopted by world leaders in 2000, set ambitious goals and targets to be achieved by 2015. At the end of 2007, just past the midpoint of this process, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) seem almost as elusive as they were in 2000. (1) This is particularly ...

Promoting gender equality in Muslim contexts: women's voices must not be silenced.

Dec 01, 2007; Heyzer, Noeleen ... A question that is sometimes posed is whether women in Muslim contexts are entitled to equal rights. Are their culture and religion opposed to women having equal rights? To answer this, let us recognize the fact that nearly all the countries with Muslim majorities are signatories to ...

Health and the MDGs: the challenges ahead.(Millennium Development Goals )

Dec 01, 2007; Chan, Margaret ... In 2000, the international community endorsed the Millennium Declaration, which sets out an historic commitment to eradicate extreme poverty and improve the health of the world's poorest people by 2015. The Declaration and the resulting internationally agreed targets for the Millennium ...