Millennium Development Goals
The UN General Assembly adopted eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 to be achieved by 2015. Progress to date has saved lives, ensured that children attend school, reduced maternal deaths, expanded opportunities for women, increased access to clean water, and freed many people from disease.
- Written by: UPF-UK
London, England - An evening meeting in London on the theme of "Mongolia and the Millennium Development Goals" began with a reception for members of the Mongolia Association in the United Kingdom.
- Written by: Robin Marsh, UPF-UK
London, England - The Peace and Development Focus Session of the Global Peace Festival in London featured the problems of nations struggling to fulfill the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 while struggling with debt, conflict, and unfair trade relationships. This followed the Rt. Hon. Bill Rammell MP, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister of State’s encouraging words to the International Leadership Conference to create an international coalition of all sectors of society to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, lasting peace, and prosperity.
- Written by: UPF - International
New York, USA - The world is on track to reduce by half the number of people living in abject poverty by 2015, according to a UN report prepared for a Sept. 22, 2010, summit at the UN.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Moscow, Russia - UPF-Russia and the Model UN Secretariat activists conducted a program in support of the global campaign to “Rise and Act” against poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals under the slogan “Make your heart beat for the implementation of the UN MDGs.”
- Written by: Laurent Ladouce, UPF-France
Geneva, Switzerland - Two thematic debates marked the end of the 2009 UN Economic and Social Council Annual Ministerial Review in Geneva on July 9.
- Written by: Laurent Ladouce, UPF-France
Geneva, Switzerland - Ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis as well as to eradicate hunger and promote the real development of all the world's peoples, Pope Benedict XVI said in his new encyclical released July 7. While the Pope was speaking, diplomats and ministers of health from around the world were in Geneva to offer their viewpoints on the global crisis.Can moral values be part of the answer?
- Written by: Laurent Ladouce, UPF-France
Geneva, Switzerland - Jamaica's report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and news about telemedicine in Africa highlighted the second day of the UN Economic and Social Council Annual Ministerial Review in Geneva.
- Written by: Bill Selig
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"The world has an historic opportunity to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve sustainability and equality for all through the new post-2015 development agenda." |
The UN General Assembly adopted eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 to be achieved by 2015. Progress to date has saved lives, ensured that children attend school, reduced maternal deaths, expanded opportunities for women, increased access to clean water, and freed many people from disease. Scroll down for reports of UPF activities that advance the MDGs.
Read about discussions of the post-2015 development agenda at the UN.
See UPF statements on the MDGs and Sustainable Development.
View a PowerPoint presentation: Civil Society Contributions to the MDGs (3.6 MB).
#2 - Achieve Universal Primary Education
- France - Togolese Ambassador for Peace Establishes a School in His Home Country
- Albania - Day of Peace Observed by Helping Orphans in Albania
- Nepal - Religious Youth Service Project in Nuwakot, Nepal
- Jamaica - Religious Youth Service Gives Jamaica School a Facelift
- Thailand - Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian Youth Serve a School in Northern Thailand
- Nepal - Religious Youth Service Builds Roof at School in Lumbini, Nepal
- Thailand - Thai Youth Clean Flood Damage at a Muslim School
- India - Religious Youth Service Builds Vegetable Garden at a School in Kochi, India
- Nigeria - Universal Primary Education Review in Abuja
- Nepal - Day of Families Commemorated at a School in Saptari, Nepal
- Malaysia - Religious Youth Service Assists Malaysian Schools
- Saint Lucia - Cleaning up a School after Hurricane Tomas in St. Lucia
#3 - Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
- United States - UN Commission on the Status of Women Considers Wide Range of Perspectives
- Congo - Congo-Brazzaville's UPF and IAYSP Celebrate International Women’s Day
- United States - UPF-USA Celebrates International Women’s Day
- Congo - Congo-Brazzaville Celebrate International Women’s Rights Day
- Argentina - WFWP and UPF-Argentina: International Women’s Day Celebration
- UPF CA IAFLP - The Global Role of Women’s Contributions to Peace and Development
- Nigeria - UPF-Nigeria Celebrates UN International Women’s Day 2018
- Belgium - Brussels Conference Asks Europe to Do More for Human Rights
- Canada - Forum in Toronto on Women's Dignity
- United States - Side Events of the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
- Women's Day 2012 Observed in 14 Nations
- Washington DC - Forum on Women in Tunisia and the Arab Spring
#6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
- Sri Lanka - Religious Youth Service Project in Sri Lanka
- Nigeria - Health for Peace Initiative Launched in Nigeria
- Lesotho - Funds Sought to Care for HIV Patients and Orphans in Lesotho
- Mali - Day of Families Observed at HIV/AIDS workshop in Bamako
- Venezuela - HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Focus of Day of Peace in Caracas
- Taiwan - HIV/AIDS Prevention Focus of Day of Families in Taipei
- Swaziland - HIV-Prevention Training Program in Swaziland
- Angola - Highlights of 2010 of UPF-Angola
- Taiwan - Taiwan Tennis Star to Promote AIDS/Drug Abuse Prevention Campaign
- Burkina Faso - Sports, Blood Drive, and AIDS Prevention on Day of Peace in Burkina Faso
- ECOSOC Presents an X-Ray of a Suffering Humanity
- Healthcare Advances Reported in Jamaica, Africa, and China
#7 - Ensure Environmental Sustainability
- Peru - UPF-Peru Celebrates World Environment Day
- Argentina - UPF-Argentina Discusses “Organizational Sustainability”
- United States - IAAP-USA Holds Webinar: “Challenges Amid Success in South Korea”
- Uruguay - UPF-Latin America Introduces Leda Project on World Environment Day
- Argentina - UPF-Argentina Cosponsors Conference to Honor UN World Water Day
- Russia - International Day of Peace Observed in Moscow
- Russia - Russia: UPF Sponsors Environmental Cleanup
- United States - UPF Attends UN Conferences on Family, Spirituality
- Washington DC - Washington DC Forum: The Coming Arctic Boom and Polar Foreign Policy
- S. Fukai: Women for Sustainable Development
- Russia - Bringing Tales to Life at an Eco-camp in the Urals
- Peoples Republic of China - UPF Participates in Ecological Forum in China
Civil Society Contributions toward the MDGs
(3.6 MB PowerPoint presentation)
- Written by: Dr. Thomas G. Walsh, Secretary General, UPF
The significance of civil society in the effort to solve critical global problems and improve the overall quality of life for humanity is now widely recognized. Civil society organizations, NGOs, private sector philanthropists, voluntary associations, and faith-based organizations can all serve as partners with governments and inter-governmental organizations.
- Written by: UPF - Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan - UPF organized a forum on March 26 about Taiwan’s contribution toward fulfilling the UN Millennium Development Goals. Speakers reported on the international humanitarian work of their NGOs.
- Written by: Giorgio Gasperoni, UPF-San Marino
Pesaro, Italy - UPF-San Marino held a conference in Pesaro on January 29 to support the World Food Program's campaign to end world hunger by 2015, the first of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
- Written by: UPF - Netherlands
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands - What will help Vietnam reach its Millennium Development Goals and how will this impact human rights? This was the theme of a February 6 conference sponsored by the Foundation for the Development of Vietnam and UPF-Netherlands.