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The
adoption of the Millennium Declaration in 2000 by all 189 member states
of the UN General Assembly was a defining moment for global cooperation
in the 21st century. The
Declaration sets out within a single framework the key challenges facing
humanity at the threshold of the new millennium, outlines a response to
these challenges, and establishes concrete measures for judging
performance through a set of inter-related commitments, goals and
targets on development, governance, peace, security and human rights. |
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"We
will assist Africans in their struggle for
lasting peace, poverty eradication and
sustainable development". I n 2001, Mr. Nelson Mandela asked, "Will the legacy of our generation be more than a series of broken promises?" This report attempts to answer that question by reviewing the progress made in Africa in achieving the set of development goals agreed at the United Nations Millennium Summit of September 2000.The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) embody the aspiration for human betterment, expressed in a limited set of numerical and time-bound targets. They include halving income poverty and hunger; achieving universal primary education and gender equality; reducing under-5 mortality by two-thirds and maternal mortality by three-quarters; reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS; and halving the proportion of people without access to safe water. These targets are to be achieved by 2015, from their level in 1990. Click here to download this document >>> |
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