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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.

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