UN millenium development goals report

"Nine years ago, world leaders set far-sighted goals to free a major portion of humanity from the shackles of extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. They established targets for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, environmental sustainability and a global partnership for development. In short, they adopted a blueprint for a better world – and pledged to spare no effort in fulfilling that vision."

from the UN Millenium Development Goals Report (PDF)

The Development Goals are for:

1. Ending Poverty and Hunger
2. Universal Primary Education
3. Gender Equality
4. Child Health
5. Maternal Health
6. Combating HIV/AIDS
7. Environmental Sustainability
8. and Developing Global Partnerships.

Good stuff.

"More than halfway to the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), major advances in the fight against poverty and hunger have begun to slow or even reverse as a result of the global economic and food crises, a progress report by the United Nations has found. The assessment, launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Geneva, warns that, despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015."

from www.un.org/millenniumgoals

And so it goes.