To develop further an open, rule-based trading and financial system, address the special needs of least developed countries, landlocked and small-island developing states, deal comprehensively with ...

As the MDGs era comes to a conclusion with the end of the year, 2016 ushers in the official launch of the bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders last ...

In 2000 the world's leaders agreed on an ambitious plan to drastically reduce global poverty by 2015. Called the Millennium Development Goals, the targets spurred an unprecedented aid effort that ...

Q1: What are the Millennium Development Goals? A1: To mark the arrival of a new century, then–Secretary-General Kofi Annan convened a summit of the United Nation’s member states in September 2000 to ...

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are in many ways the Cinderella of international development. When 160 world leaders met at the United Nations in September 2000, they were inspired to ...

Millennium Development Goals, set by the United Nations 10 years ago, include initiatives to protect the environment, increase development aid, open the global trading and financial system, promote ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The United Nations and strategic partners have launched ...

This is the second in a series of articles on the prospects for the world economy in 2015 ― Ed. The New Year is significant when it comes to the issue of sustainable economic growth and the promises ...

The UN has warned that flood victims in Pakistan, seen here, are at imminent risk of waterborne diseases including malaria, a target of one of the Millenium Development Goals. ((Athar Hussain/Reuters) ...

The goals on reducing child mortality and improving maternal health are closely related. How have they fared since their launch? MDG4 aims to reduce child mortality, while MDG5 is focused on improving ...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Kingdom are teaming up for an innovative new programme in Zimbabwe that will enable poor farming households to improve food ...

Ten years have passed since world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit in New York agreed on a blueprint of eight development goals to improve life in underdeveloped countries by 2015. Ten years have ...