THE EIGHT UNITED NATIONS

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

(UN MDGS)Yaun, LoranneAsperin, Penelope

What are the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)?

UN Millennium Declaration 2000 It promises to free men, women and children from dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty. It reflects the vision of entire nations, working together with international and country-based organizations, to wipe out poverty and the worst forms of human deprivation, and lay the foundations for sustainable human development.

Adopted by all the 189 members states and 25 IOs Set to be achieved by 2015 Periodically reviewed every 5 years

UN Millennium

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UN Millennium Declaration

MDGs

Who decided on the MDGs?United Nations

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

International Monetary Fund

World Bank

How was this decided?

Series of UN- led conferences on development issues i.e. education

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The complete list of Millennium Development Goals, Targets and Indicators first appeared in September 2001 in a UN Document called “Road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration”. The declaration had been approved in September 2000 and the goals were a follow up to ideas in the section on ‘Development and Poverty Eradication’.

MDGs have 8 goals with 18 targets and 60 indicators

Targets serves as the key situations that must be attained in order to fully realize its end goal.

On the other hand, Indicators, serves as the “method” to asses or determine if a certain country is on track with its commitment with MDGs.

Why should member-states comply with the MDGs?

UN Charter Article 4:

“Membership in the United Nations is open to all peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.”

Who will put the plans into action?

Local communities Private sector organizations Elected politicians and government

officials Civil society organizations Employees in the UN family

organization

Are MDGs considered International Law?

No. It's a campaign. However,

By providing unity in their agendas, nations can begin to forge binding international laws (treaties, agreements, etc) with the MDGs in mind.

Take for instance the Human Rights perspective that is supported by the MDGs. It suggests that through laws, Human Rights can be protected.

MDG then becomes a source for international laws.

MDGs impact on international laws

There is an undeniable link between the MDGs and Human Rights.

MDGs also recall the commitments of nations towards protecting the environment.

MDGs have a great influence over international laws and their adaptations in domestic laws.

This is called: LOCALIZATION

How are the MDGs adapted into Domestic Law?

How can the UN be assured that we are following the MDGs?

“UNDP works with its partners to support governments through the four steps of preparing an MDG-based national development strategy:

Launching an inclusive planning process; Reviewing existing strategies and defining the

baseline; Conducting a detailed, long-term assessment

to estimate the infrastructure, human resources, and financial requirements required to achieve the MDGs;

Developing a short-to-medium-term national strategy drawing upon the MDG needs assessment.

How will we know if the plans are working?

The UN Development Group will act as ‘scorekeeper’ and ‘campaign manager’ for the MDGs.

It will produce special reports on global progress every year and comprehensive reports every five years. These reports will remind the world when things are working and will point to areas which need to be improved.

The task is to spread awareness within the system and across the world and to make the MDGs an essential part of the UN system’s work.

The 8 MDGs Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and

hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary

education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and

empower women Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rates Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and

other diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for

development

“The goals chosen were intended to increase an

individual’s human capabilities and advance the

means to a productive life. The MDGs emphasize that individual policies needed to achieve these

goals should be tailored to individual country’s needs and

therefore, most policy suggestions are general.”

GOAL 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

GOAL 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education

GOAL 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

GOAL 4: Reduce Child Mortality

GOAL 5: Improve Maternal Health

The UN targets to reduce by three quarters the ratio of women dying on childbirth. This goal aims to improve the conditions of mother giving birth. According to the UN reports, more than 500,000 women die annually in pregnancy and childbirth.

GOAL 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other diseases

GOAL 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

GOAL 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

How do we expect this to work? Bolstering human capital

• Increasing social, economic and political rights

Improve human capability and a more productive life!

Improved infrastructure

What is the MDG Acceleration Fund?

It is an international cooperation mechanism whose aim is to accelerate progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) worldwide. 

Established in December 2006 with a generous contribution of €528 million Euros ($US710M) from the Spanish Government to the United Nations system, the MDG-F supports national governments, local authorities and citizen organizations in their efforts to tackle poverty and inequality.

Once an MDG target making slow progress is identified by a country, the MAF suggests four systematic steps: (1) identification of the necessary interventions to achieve the MDG target; (2) identification of bottlenecks that impede the effectiveness of key interventions on the ground; (3) identification of high-impact and feasible solutions to prioritized bottlenecks; (4) formulation of an action plan, with identified roles for all development partners, that will help realize the solutions.

What are the agencies that contributes to the progress of each goals?

Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger FAO, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF and World Bank

Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education UNESCO

Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women ILO, IPU and UNESCO

Goal 4 Reduce child mortality UNICEF and WHO

Goal 5 Improve maternal health OECD, UNFPA, UNICEF, United

Nations Population Division and WHO Goal 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and

other diseases UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO

Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability CIDIAC, FAO, IUCN, UNEP, UNEP-WCMC, UNICEF, UNFCCC and UN-Habitat

Goal 8 Develop a global partnership for development TC, ITU, OECD, UNCTAD, World Bank and WTO

MDGs in the Philippines

Status of MDGs by 2015(Will we make it?) National Statistical

Coordination Board Assessment on Philippines’ Status to MDGs

REFERENCES

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/2012_Progress_E.pdf

http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx

http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2012/English2012.pdf

http://www.mdgfund.org/aboutus http://www.un.org/en/development/

desa/publications/mdg-report-2012.html