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The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.

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

For more information:

• UN Millennium Development Goals (main site)
• UN Millennium Development Goals Indicators 
• United Nations Millennium Declaration(PDF)
• Millennium Campaign
• Millennium Project
• World Bank Millennium Development Goals
• OECD: MDG targets and indicators