Millennium Development Goals - Planning Institute of Jamaica
Millennium Development Goals - Planning Institute of Jamaica
Millennium Development Goals - Planning Institute of Jamaica
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Background on the MDGs<br />
• In September 2000, at the UN <strong>Millennium</strong><br />
Summit, member countries agreed to a<br />
set <strong>of</strong> time-bound and measurable goals<br />
(MDGs) and targets for combating poverty,<br />
hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental<br />
degradation and discrimination against<br />
women.<br />
• The goals and targets underpins or<br />
summarizes the major agreements <strong>of</strong> all<br />
the UN conferences <strong>of</strong> the 1990’s.