UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2010

On 20-22 September 2010, world leaders met at the United Nations in New York on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the Millennium Summit of 2000. One outcome of the 2000 Summit was the adoption of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

Progress toward the MDGs is documented in the annual Millennium Development Goals Report by the United Nations. The 2010 report contains statistics and analysis for each of the eight goals. For the goal of universal primary education by 2015, "hope dims" according to the report. Although enrollment rates continue to grow worldwide, 69 million children of primary school age were still out of school in 2008, the most recent year with data. Almost three quarters of all out-of-school children lived in two regions: sub-Saharan Africa (31 million) and Southern Asia (18 million).

Reference

• United Nations. 2010. The millennium development goals report 2010. New York: United Nations. (Download PDF, 8.5 MB)

External links

• Millennium Development Goals (United Nations)
• Millennium Development Goals (United Nations Development Programme)
• Millennium Development Goals Indicators
• MDG Monitor
• Millennium Campaign

Related articles

• Global Education Digest 2010
• EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010
• Official MDG targets and indicators
• NER, GER and universal primary education
• Survival rate to the last grade of primary school

Friedrich Huebler, 31 October 2010, Creative Commons License
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A comparison of the content accessed over the iPhone and the iPad

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The research, which was commissioned by Google, found that the internet accounts for 7.2% of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP).

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Source: Research commissioned by Google, and reported by BBC News, 28th October 2010
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Report website here