The Millennium Development Goals In September 2000, leaders from around the world ushered in the new millennium by adopting the Millennium Declaration. The Declaration, endorsed by 189 countries, emerged as a roadmap setting out goals to be reached by 2015. Pakistan is also signatory to the Millennium declaration. These goals form the basis for national development efforts. These eight goals are called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They build on agreements made at United Nations conferences in the 1990s and represent commitments by all countries to reduce poverty and hunger, and to tackle ill-health, gender inequality, lack of education, lack of access to clean water and environmental degradation. The MDGs have been adopted by the international community as a framework for the development activities of over 190 countries in ten regions; they have been articulated into over 20 targets and over 60 indicators. |
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 | The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009More than halfway to the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), major advances in the fight against poverty and hunger have begun to slow or even reverse as a result of the global economic and food crises. This report warns that, despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. The report is coordinated and published by the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. |
 | The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008The eight Millennium Development Goals have been adopted by the international community as a framework for the development activities of over 190 countries in ten regions; they have been articulated into over 20 targets and over 60 indicators. This Report summarizes progress towards the goals in each of the regions. |
