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The Eight Millennium Development Goals

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As part of the United Nations Millennium Declaration, eight MDG Goals were defined in 2002, consisting of 18 Targets and 48 relevant indicators. These indicators were chosen by international and national statistical experts in order to measure progress on the commitments made in the year 2000 and cover the period 1990 – 2015 when the targets are expected to be met. The goals and targets are interrelated and should be seen as a whole.

The goals, targets and indicators as developed in 2002 were used until 2007 to measure progress towards the MDGs. In 2007, the MDG monitoring framework was revised to include four new targets agreed by member states at the 2005 World Summit. The current official list of MDGs includes 8 Goals, 21 Targets and 60 Indicators and supersedes the previous version, which had been effective since 2003.

The Eight MDG Goals

1. End Poverty and Hunger
2. Universal Education
3. Gender Equality
4. Child Health
5. Maternal Health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS
7. Environmental Sustainability
8. Global Partnership