Summit Announces Emergency Session

The Office of Communication for the Millennium Development Goals announces an Emergency Session for the Millennium Development Goals Summit. The meeting is to be held on Monday, February 16^th, 2015. The goal of the meeting is to fast track 3 of the 8 MDGs (as decided in 2000). It is the position of the Summit that the state of the world--environmentally, politically, economically, and socially—requires fast action. The Summit believes that decided and acting upon the 3 most important goals is the only route to effective action.

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals established during the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000. All 189 United Nations member states at the time attended and participated in creating the following Millennium Development Goals, to be achieved by 2015:

1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. To achieve universal primary education
3. To promote gender equality and empower women
4. To reduce child mortality
5. To improve maternal health
6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. To ensure environmental sustainability
8. To develop a global partnership for development