Millennium Development Goals
In September 2000, world leaders came together at UN Headquarters in New York to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration, committing their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty by the deadline of 2015.
These time-bound targets have become known as the Millennium Development Goals. With only five years left, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared 2010 to be "the year of development", a time to accelerate the process in achieving the following targets (click on the icons for more information):
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
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gorta's programmes embrace the UN Millennium Development Goals which challenge all of us to respond to tackle poverty, hunger, disease, lack of shelter and exclusion – while promoting gender equality, healthcare, education, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity.
