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- To halve, by the year 2015, the proportion of the world’s people whose income is less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger and, by the same date, to halve the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water.
- To ensure that, by the same date, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling and that girls and boys will have equal access to all levels of education.
- By the same date, to have reduced maternal mortality by three quarters, and under-five child mortality by two thirds, of their current rates.
- To have, by then, halted, and begun to reverse, the spread of HIV/AIDS, the scourge of malaria and other major diseases that afflict humanity.
- To provide special assistance to children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
- By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers as proposed in the "Cities Without Slums" initiative.
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The United States Commitment to the Millennium Development Goals
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The United States Commitment to the Millennium Development Goals - Click to download [PDF - 279kb]
| "To spread a vision of hope, the
United States is determined to help
nations that are struggling with
poverty. We are committed to the
Millennium Development goals.
This is an ambitious agenda that
includes cutting poverty and hunger
in half, ensuring that every boy
and girl in the world has access to
primary education, and halting the
spread of AIDS — all by 2015."
President George W. Bush, United Nations High-Level Plenary Meeting,
United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York |
The United States is a strong and consistent supporter of the goals of the
Millennium Declaration of the United Nations. The adoption of the Millennium
Declaration in 2000 by the international community reflects a shared sense of
the urgency of development as well as increased confidence in our collective
ability to help dramatically improve the lives of the poor around the world. This
is a noble endeavor that in our shrinking world affects the destinies of everyone.
We now stand at the half way point since our Declaration to the 2015
date of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is therefore
fitting that we pause to assess progress on our collective endeavor to address
poverty, disease, famine, conflict, and other obstacles to development through
a partnership between developing and developed countries.
The 2007 Millennium Development Goal Report of the United Nations has documented
some noteworthy progress toward achieving the MDGs. At the global
level — life expectancy, literacy, infant survival, and caloric intake continue to
increase. Democratic and accountable governance, improved macroeconomic
management, trade liberalization, and improved investment climates are driving
growth. This progress is unprecedented by historic standards — across the spectrum
of MDGs.
Progress toward the MDGs, however, has not been uniform across countries.
This is particularly true for fragile states which are most likely to fall short
on specific indicators by 2015. Fragile states pose our greatest development challenge
and must be an important focus in the years to come.
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