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Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2008. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Reuters NewMedia - September 25, 2008
Emma Batha
The eight goals are meant to be achieved by 2015. Following is a description of them:
SLASH POVERTY AND HUNGER
* Cut in half the number of people living on less than $1 a day.
* Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.
* Halve the number of people suffering from hunger.
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
* Ensure that all boys and girls get a complete primary school education.
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY
* Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education.
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
* Reduce by two-thirds the mortality rate for children under age 5.
IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
* Reduce by three-quarters the maternal mortality rate and achieve universal access to reproductive health.
COMBAT AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES
* Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.
* Achieve by 2010 universal access to treatment for HIV and AIDS.
* Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY AND REVERSE LOSS OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
* Integrate principles of sustainable development into national policies and reverse loss of environmental resources.
* Achieve a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010.
* Halve the number of people in the world without safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
* Improve the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2010.
DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
* Address needs of least developed, landlocked and small-island states.
* Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and financial system.
* Deal comprehensively with developing countries' debt.
* Cooperate with pharmaceutical companies to provide access to affordable drugs in developing countries.
* Work with private sector to make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.
(Compiled by Louis Charbonneau; Edited by Xavier Briand)
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