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UN Millennium Project

The UN Millennium Project is an independent advisory body commissioned by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to develop a global plan for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The Project is directed by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on MDGs, and based at UNDP headquarters in New York.

The Project presented its findings to the Secretary-General in January 2005. The release of the report, “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,” is the first in a series of major global initiatives on the MDGs this year, culminating in a high-level summit of the General Assembly on the Goals in September. 2005 represents a historic chance for making the necessary global policy breakthrough needed to help the poorest countries achieve the Goals. The Millennium Project’s report provides a detailed blueprint for making this happen.

If the world achieves the MDGs, more than 500 million people will be lifted out of poverty. A further 250 million will no longer suffer from hunger. 30 million children and two million mothers who might reasonably have been expected to die will be saved.

The UN Millennium Project’s report draws on over two years of extensive research by ten thematic Task Forces, comprising a total of 265 internationally recognized experts in the field –collectively, a “who’s who” of development thinkers and doers.

These 10 task forces each addressed the development issues of specific sectors covered by the MDGs. The Task Force teams were charged with diagnosing the key constraints to meeting the MDGs, and recommending actions to ensure nations are on track to achieve the MDGs by 2015.

Together with “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,” the 13 Task Force reports present the complete findings of the UN Millennium Project. The full report “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals” and reports of the Task Force teams are available at the Millennium Project’s website: http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/

 The resulting UN Millennium Development Goals , as they became known, are made up of 8 Goals, 18 targets and 48 indicators. These goals, to be reached by 2015 or earlier, are as follows:

1. Halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIVAIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

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