Question

Which are UN Millennium Development goals? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

Even if the choices are not here, for the benefit of everyone, here are the Eight Development Goals.

(1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
(2) Achieve universal primary education.
(3) Promote gender equality and empower women.
(4) Reduce mortality.
(5) Improve maternal health.
(6) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other disease.
(7) Ensure environmental sustainability.
(8) Global partnership for development.

Answer 2

The Eight Millennium Development Goals are:

to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger;

to achieve universal primary education;

to promote gender equality and empower women;

to reduce child mortality;

to improve maternal health;

to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases;

to ensure environmental sustainability; and

to develop a global partnership for development.

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that all 191 UN member states have agreed to in an attempt to achieve by the year 2015. The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The MDGs are derived from this Declaration, and all have specific targets and indicators.