PHA-Exchange> The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006

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> 
> The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006
> 
> United Nations, New York - July 2006 
> 
> Available online as PDF file [32p] at:
> http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2006/MDGRe
port2006.pdf
> 
> "....This report is based on a master set of data that has been
> compiled
> by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the
> Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations
> Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly for
> periodic assessment of progress towards the MDGs. The Group comprises
> representatives of the international organizations whose activities
> include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical
> indicators that were identified as appropriate for monitoring progress
> towards the MDGs.
> 
> Goals and Targets: http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/goals/goals02.htm
> 
> Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger
> Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education
> Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
> Goal 4 Reduce child mortality
> Goal 5 Improve maternal health
> Goal 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases
> Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
> Goal 8 Develop a global partnership for development
> 
> The Millennium Development Goals were derived from the United Nations
> Millennium Declaration, adopted by 189 nations in 2000. Most of the
> goals and targets were set to be achieved by the year 2015 on the
> basis
> of the global situation during the 1990s. It was during that decade
> that
> a number of global conferences had taken place and the main objectives
> of the development agenda had been defined. The baseline for the
> assessment of progress is therefore 1990 for most of the MDG targets.
> For most of the indicators, 2004 is the last year for which
> comprehensive data are available...."
> 
> MDGs 2006 Progress Chart
> http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2006/MDGPr
ogressChart2006.pdf
> 
> The chart shows progress up to June 2006, drawing on the latest
> information from all countries of the world and from the UN family of
> operational agencies. UN Statistics Division / DESA, 2006
> 
> Most of the targets set for progress on the Millennium Development
> Goals
> are benchmarked for the period 1990 to 2015 - promising clear and
> measurable improvement on standards prevailing in 1990 by the end of
> 2015. The chart shows progress up to June 2006, drawing on the latest
> information from all countries of the world and from the UN family of
> operational agencies.
>