方婷millennium development goals.doc

Table of Contents Executive summary………………………………………………………….1 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..1 The contents of the millennium development goals………………………..1 Eliminating extreme poverty and hunger………………………………........2 To materialize universal elementary education……………………………...2 Achieve gender equality and strengthen women’s power…………………...2 Decreasing child death rate………………………………………………….2 Make maternal health better………………………………………………....2 Struggle with HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases……………………….2 Guarantee environmental sustainability……………………………………..3 Form a global partnership for development……………………………........3 Progress has been achieved so far……………………………………………….3 The reasons for successes and failures………………………………………….4 Governmental development support………………………………………….5 Market admittance……………………………………………………………5 Capacity in undertaking the debts…………………………………………….6 Capacity in providing essentials………………………………………………6 New and advanced technologies brought in…………………………………..6 The MDGs serve as a unifying vision for the international community……...6 Being a grand project of the world……………………………………………7 Being a reasonable model for globalization…………………………………7 Being a crucial action of global governance………………………………...7 viewed as a decisive step of global development……………………………7 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………...7 Recommendation…………………………………………………………………8 References8 1.0 Executive summary The main purpose of this report is to argue that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can serve as a unifying vision for the international community. By the year 2015, all 192 United Nations Members States and at least 23 international organizations consent to the MDGs including reducing poverty, cutting child death rates, struggling against epidemics such as AIDS, and establishing a global partnership for development. The report will introduce the background and eight goals with 21 targets of the MDGs in detail. Meanwhile, the progress has been achieved