1 End
Hunger

Reduce those suffering from hunger & poverty by half

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End Hunger

2 Universal
Education

Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling

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Universal Education

3 Gender
Equity

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education

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Gender Equity

4 Child
Health

Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate of children under five.

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  • June 15, 2009

    Portuguese actress and TV presenter Catarina Furtado is UNFPA ambassador. After travelling extensively through Africa, Catarina has always found “deep injustice and social inequalities”.

Child Health

5 Maternal
Health

Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio

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  • August 24, 2009

    Achieving the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) — to improve maternal health and meet the associated targets to reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, t

Maternal Health

6 Combat
HIV/AIDS

Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases

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Combat HIV/AIDS

7 Environmental
Sustainability

Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs

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Environmental Sustainability

8 Global
Partnership

Develop open trading and financial systems that are non-discriminatory

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Global Partnership
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  • February 3, 2010

    On February 1, President Obama requested $58.5 billion for the foreign affairs account, as part of his $3.8 trillion FY 2011 Budget request submitted to Congress. This is up from $50.9 billion in the final FY 2010 appropriation, an increase of about 9 percent. One of his campaign pledges was to double foreign assistance by 2012, which seems difficult given today’s economic climate.

  • January 25, 2010

    This September, the United Nations will host the largest gathering of heads of state since the Millennium Summit in the year 2000. At their last Summit, 189 world leaders pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, in order to eradicate extreme poverty and its root causes by the year 2015.

  • January 25, 2010

    Youth from eleven African countries will be joining their colleagues from Japan aboard the 68th Voyage of the Peace Boat scheduled to arrive in Africa on January 19, at the Kenyan harbour of Mombasa.

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