GOAL

TARGET

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day

Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

2. Achieve universal primary education

Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

3. Promote gender equality and empower women

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and to all levels of education no later than 2015

4. Reduce child mortality

Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

5. Improve maternal health

Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

7. Ensure environmental sustainability

Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water

By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system [Includes a commitment to good governance, development, and poverty reduction – both nationally and internationally]

Address the Special Needs of the Least Developed Countries [Includes: tariff and quota free access for LDC exports; enhanced programme of debt relief for HIPC and cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous ODA for countries committed to poverty reduction]

Address the Special Needs of landlocked countries and small island developing States (through the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and the outcome of the 22nd special session of the General Assembly)

Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term

In co-operation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth

In co-operation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries

In co-operation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications