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The
Millennium Development Goals
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Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Halve the number of people in extreme poverty, and the number of people who
suffer from hunger, by 2015.
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Achieve Universal Primary Education
Ensure by 2015 that all children will be able to complete a full course of
primary education.
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Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005, and in
all levels of education by 2015.
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Reduce Child Mortality
Reduce by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate by 2015.
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Improve Maternal Health
Reduce by three-quarters the maternal mortality rate by 2015.
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Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases
Halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other major diseases, and begin to
reverse the spread, by 2015.
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Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking
water by 2015.
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8.
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Develop a Global Partnership for Development
Further develop an open, rule-based, predictable,
nondiscriminatory trading and financial system.
(See www.developmentgoals.org
and www.un.org/millenniumgoals.)
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