InterAction looks to the September 20-22, 2010 UN Millennium Development Goals Summit to address the progress of the eight goals set upon to slash poverty, hunger, child and maternal mortality, preventable disease, and other ills by a 2015 deadline. With only five years left to achieve them, "the summit will be a crucially important opportunity to redouble our efforts to meet the Goals," said Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General.
189 countries -- the largest gathering of heads of state ever -- endorsed the goals at the 2000 United Nations Millennium Summit and committed to reach their achievements by 2015. Since that time, organizations across the globe have collaborated on campaigns to raise awareness of the critical importance of the goals, and to compel world leaders to fulfill their promises of additional quality funding, trade reform and debt cancellation to achieve the goals.
MDG Goals
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
6. Combat HIV / AIDS, malaria, and other preventable diseases
MDGs: What about the United States?
The United States and the Millennium Development Goals
The One Campaign: The Data Report 2010
G8 Preliminary Accountability Report
Campaigns to Fight Poverty
End Poverty 2015 is a website formed to support and inspire people from around the world to take action in support of the Millennium Development Goals. They encourage people to join the UN Millennium Campaign and be part of the generation that puts an end to poverty.
The ONE Campaign is a diverse coalition of groups working together to expand the number of Americans committed to fighting global AIDS and extreme poverty.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty is a worldwide alliance of organizations, networks and national campaigns committed to eradicating extreme poverty.
The UN Millennium Campaign was established by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to galvanize support for, and stimulate public debate on, the Millennium Goals. The Campaign advocates at both the global and national levels to hold governments and other key actors accountable to the Millennium Development Goals.
The ‘8 GOALS FOR AFRICA’ song is part of an awareness and advocacy campaign developed by the United Nations System in South Africa on the 8 MDGs.
