Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Why are the Millennium Goals Important?

• The Millennium Development Goals recognize and act upon the interlinkages between poverty, health, education and the environment.
• They have time driven measurable goals. They have quantifiable indicators.
• They are Goals that have been adopted by the nations of the world, to help the nations of this world.
• They have been adopted in order to bring about a new balance between rich and poor.
• To address exclusions and inequalities.
• To change the world we see today, for a better one tomorrow.