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The 8 Millennium Development Goals |
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1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2 Achieve universal primary education
3 Promote gender equality and empower women
4 Reduce child mortality
5 Improve maternal health
6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7 Ensure environmental sustainability
8 Develop a global partnership for development
Less than 1%... a promise not kept
In 1970, 22 of the world’s richest countries pledged to spend 0.7% of their national income on aid. Now, over 3 decades later, only 5 countries have kept that promise. Unfortunately, The UK, Canada, the United States or any of the other G8 countries are not among them.
The Millennium Development Goals
Here is a detailed list of what was set out to be achieved and what was delivered by the end of 2005.
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140 million campaigners demanded this action on poverty:
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Leaders have agreed to deliver this action on poverty:
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Accountability
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Governments clearly account for their failure to progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals, including the first goal due in 2005- getting girls into school.
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Governments have manifestly failed to account for lack of progress in reaching the MDGs, including no recognition that the first education goal will not be met.
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Aid
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All developed countries meet their 35 year old promise made at the UN in 1970 to spend 0.7% of their income on aid.
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No collective agreement on a timetable for when the 0.7% target will be met, instead an aspiration that rich country aid may reach 0.35% of their income by 2010. Half as much as they promised, forty years too late.
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Debt
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Every poor country that needs their debt cancelled in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals should receive it.
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A recycled G8 proposal to grant partial debt cancellation to just 18 countries.
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Trade
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That the current trade system must stop forcing poor countries to open their markets at any cost and guarantee their right to determine their own trade policies and development priorities.
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Vague statements of principle that sell trade liberalisation as the only option and provide no guidance on how to achieve trade justice to enable countries to overcome poverty.
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