Millennium Development Goals
VSO supports the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These are a set of specific targets to be met by 2015. The goals were created and agreed by 189 world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000.
The eight MDGs to be met by 2015 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 and AIDS, malaria and other diseases
ensure environmental sustainability
develop a global partnership for development.
Find out more about MDGs at www.un.org/millenniumgoals
