the un millennium development goals were created in 2000.
when were the un millennium development goals created?
2000
following the adoption of the millennium development goals (mdgs), in 2000, jeffrey sachs of the earth institute at columbia university was among the leading academic scholars and practitioners on the mdgs. he chaired the who commission on macroeconomics and health (2000–01), which played a pivotal role in scaling up the financing of health care and disease control in the low-income countries to support mdgs 4, 5, and 6. he worked with un secretary-general kofi annan in 2000–2001 to design and launch the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. he also worked with senior officials of the george w. bush administration to develop the pepfar program to fight hiv/aids, and the pmi to fight malaria. on behalf of annan, from 2002 to 2006 he chaired the un millennium project, which was tasked with developing a concrete action plan to achieve the mdgs. the un general assembly adopted the key recommendations of the un millennium project at a special session in september 2005. the recommendations for rural africa are currently being implemented and documented in the millennium villages, and in several national scale-up efforts such as in nigeria.
millennium development goals
bullet::::- seoul development consensus









































bullet::::- united nations development programme (undp)









































bullet::::- post-2015 development agenda









































bullet::::- sustainable development goals









































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bullet::::-  one page chart of the status of the mdgs at 2013









































bullet::::- eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 | un millennium development goal curated by the center for latin american and caribbean studies at michigan state university









































bullet::::- ensure environmental sustainability by 2015 | un millennium development goal curated by the center for latin american and caribbean studies at michigan state university









































bullet::::- gillian sorensen, senior advisor to the united nations foundation, discusses un millennium development goals
millennium development goals