The MDGs Millennium Development Goals The United Nations

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The MDGs Millennium Development Goals

The MDGs Millennium Development Goals

“The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World

“The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights” United Nations

• To keep peace throughout the world • To develop friendly relations among

• To keep peace throughout the world • To develop friendly relations among nations • To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms • To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals. 4 Main Purposes of UN

• Goals for Developing Countries to help them help their people to meet

• Goals for Developing Countries to help them help their people to meet basic needs MDGs…What are They?

Cut in half people living on less than $1/day Provide jobs Cut in half

Cut in half people living on less than $1/day Provide jobs Cut in half the number of hungry people Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

• Allow boys and girls the opportunity to have a primary education (grade

• Allow boys and girls the opportunity to have a primary education (grade 5) Achieve Universal Primary Education

• Increase number of women in government • Increase job opportunities for women

• Increase number of women in government • Increase job opportunities for women Empower Women. Gender Equality

• Lessen the number of children dying before the age of 1 (infant)

• Lessen the number of children dying before the age of 1 (infant) and 5 (child) Reduce Child Mortality

• Increase number of births attended by doctors • Reduce number of moms

• Increase number of births attended by doctors • Reduce number of moms dying related to childbirth Improve Maternal Health

• Stop and reverse the spread of AIDS • Increase availabilty of medications

• Stop and reverse the spread of AIDS • Increase availabilty of medications Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other dieseases

• Improve lives of slum dwellers (favelas) • Reverse loss of environmental resources

• Improve lives of slum dwellers (favelas) • Reverse loss of environmental resources Environmental Sustainability

• Fair trade • Lessen poverty • Govern fairly Global Partnerships

• Fair trade • Lessen poverty • Govern fairly Global Partnerships

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• This site will become your very best friend this year! http: //www. mdgmonitor. o rg/factsheets. cfm

• Ranking of 185 countries in terms of overall quality of life (#1

• Ranking of 185 countries in terms of overall quality of life (#1 is the best, #185, the worst) • Life expectancy, literacy/education, healthcare, standards of living • Helps to determine developed or underdeveloped countries Human Development Index (HDI)

• What are the 10 countries with the best overall quality of life?

• What are the 10 countries with the best overall quality of life? ? • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Huma n_Development_Index Top 10? ? ?