MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

Preamble:
The united nations millennium development goals, which provides the road map for human development sprung from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an organization set up in 1961 in Paris, France with the aim of developing and upgrading human standard of living, raging from business integration among countries to expansion of employment standards. The millennium development goals were officially established in the year 2000 during a millennium summit held in New York City. The summit, which lasted three days (6 September to 8 September) was organized to discuss the role of the United Nations at the turn of the twenty-first century.
The resolution at this summit was the adoption of 8 goals termed millennium development goals (MDGS) of 18quantifiable target, measured by 48 indicators, signed by 147 heads of state and by 189 member nations. These goals are the worlds targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty, hunger, diseases, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter- while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. Thematically the goals are:
- Eradication of poverty and hunger
- Achieving universal basic education
- Promoting gender equality
- Reducing of child morality
- Increase maternal health
- Combating HIV/AIDS and other disease
- Environmental Sustainability
- Global Partnership for Development
These goals according to Kofi Anna former U.N secretary-general,
Were basically geared towards the development of the third world ranging from Africa, Asia to Latin America. The categorical analysis of the various goals as it applies to third world countries is of basic necessity.