Millennium Development Goals

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United Nations initiative global development agenda international agreement

The Millennium Development Goals were a set of eight global targets adopted by the United Nations in 2000 to address extreme poverty, health, education, gender equality, and environmental sustainability by 2015.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
MDGs 1
Millennium Development Goal 1C 1
Millennium Development Goals framework 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations initiative ⓘ
global development agenda ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
adoptedAt Millennium Summit ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionYear 2000 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
surface form: MDGs
appliesTo developing countries ⓘ
least developed countries ⓘ
basedOn Millennium Summit ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Millennium Declaration
coordinatedBy United Nations Development Programme ⓘ
endorsedBy all United Nations member states ⓘ
focusArea HIV/AIDS ⓘ
child health ⓘ
education ⓘ
environmental sustainability ⓘ
gender equality ⓘ
global partnership for development ⓘ
malaria ⓘ
maternal health ⓘ
other major diseases ⓘ
poverty reduction ⓘ
geographicScope global ⓘ
goal Achieve universal primary education ⓘ
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases ⓘ
Develop a global partnership for development ⓘ
Ensure environmental sustainability ⓘ
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger ⓘ
Improve maternal health ⓘ
Promote gender equality and empower women ⓘ
Reduce child mortality ⓘ
monitoredBy International Monetary Fund ⓘ
OECD ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
numberOfGoals 8 ⓘ
numberOfIndicators 60+ ⓘ
numberOfTargets 21 ⓘ
precededBy International Development Goals ⓘ
startYear 2000 ⓘ
successor Sustainable Development Goals ⓘ
successorAdoptionYear 2015 ⓘ
targetYear 2015 ⓘ
theme global poverty alleviation ⓘ
health and education outcomes ⓘ
human development ⓘ
social development ⓘ
timeFrame 2000–2015 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UNDG → alignedWith → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
Millennium Development Goals → alsoKnownAs → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
this entity surface form: MDGs
Sustainable Development Goals → follows → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights → linkedTo → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
Kofi Annan → notableWork → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
Sustainable Development Goals → predecessor → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
Sustainable Development Goal 2 → relatedTo → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 → replaced → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Millennium Development Goals framework
Sustainable Development Goal 2 → successorOf → Millennium Development Goals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Millennium Development Goal 1C