The Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the world’s time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions-income poverty‚ hunger‚ disease‚ lack of adequate shelter‚ and exclusion-while promoting gender equality‚ education‚ and environmental sustainability. They are also basic human rights-the rights of each person on the planet to health‚ education‚ shelter‚ and security. The millennium development goals are: Goal 1: Eradicate
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Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability The Millennium Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 8‚ 2000. It set eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to outline the global agenda to “reaffirm the universal values and principles of freedom‚ equality‚ solidarity‚ tolerance‚ respect for nature and the UN’s commitment to promoting peace‚ security‚ disarmament‚ human rights‚ democracy and good governance” (United Nation in India‚ 2011). Each goal has been
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the end of the twentieth (‘’development ‘’) century‚ it became clear that development was not working. It was facing a legitimacy crisis. This crisis brought about the United Nations coordinating a response in form of the Millennium Development Goals (2002) Aim of the Millennium Development Goal • Halving the world hunger by 2015 • Halting the spread of HIV/AIDS • Addressing gender inequality • Providing universal primary education Despite a general reduction in the proportion of the world’s
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sustainable tourism development. Journal of sustainable Tourism Vol 2‚ pg 132-136 Plog The Environment Encyclopaedia (2001.) Europa Publications Limited‚ 3rd Ed. UNCSD (1997) United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development. Available at: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/publications/csd_update.htm Accessed: 27th February 2012 UN(2000) Millennium Development Goals. Available at: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/bkgd.shtml Accessed: 1st March 2012 Wheeler
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immunizations‚ clean and plentiful drinking water‚ more than adequate sanitation‚ and the list goes on. Let me share with you that in stark contrast to this; “Every 3.6 seconds one person dies of starvation. Usually it is a child under the age of 5 (UNICEF Millennium Development Goals‚ n.d.).” And that “between 1995/97 and 2000/02‚ the number of undernourished people in the developing countries increased by 18 million (Pingali‚ Stamoulis‚ & Stringer‚ Janu).” Starvation affects children most. It directly
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even when an economy is growing. Consequently‚ the nexus encompasses a variety of social and political as well as economic factors that obstruct the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). MGDs are enshrined in the Millennium Declaration that was passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) act as the international community’s collective commitment to create a better tomorrow for billions of people (UNDP‚ 2010). In response‚ the
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4/25/2013 4/25/2013 An Essay about An Essay about Franzgel Gamit student Franzgel Gamit student Poverty in the Philippines UN Millennium Development Goal Poverty in the Philippines UN Millennium Development Goal MDG 1 Report: Poverty in the Philippines INTRODUCTION Poverty reduction has been a major problem for all developing countries. As Kofi Annan stated “The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty” (Kofi Annan‚ cited in WHO‚ 2013). Poverty is experienced all over the world
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Title: Why is there poverty and can it be completely removed? In this session the concept of poverty will be discussed‚ the problems we have in measuring it‚ its causes‚ and policy responses to it. Over the last several decades’ years‚ the poverty is undoubtedly considered as one of the most serious problems in the world‚ even though there has been a rapid development of the economy in some developing countries such as China and India. The relation between poverty and the development of the economy
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BANGLADESH STUDIES FINAL EXAM (TAKE HOME) Prepared for: Mr. Sheikh Morshed Jahan Course Instructor: Bangladesh Studies BBA Program Prepared by: Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka July 3‚ 2013 Knowing one’s motherland is the most responsible and patriotic thing that can be and should be done by every citizen of that country. Bangladesh studies help students know Bangladesh from different angles‚ different dimensions. So‚ Bangladesh
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Is Water a Human Right? by GARRETT HEANEY “Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and‚ therefore‚ a basic human right. Contaminated water jeopardizes both the physical and social health of all people. It is an affront to human dignity.” — Kofi Annan‚ prior United Nations Secretary-General … If only the issue of water as a human right was as simple as Kofi Annan’s perspective. A world where humans have a well defined set of undeniable rights is an important goal for this generation. But
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