Note for the high level panel discussion on "Articulation a post-2015 MDG agenda"

Abstract

In September 2000, the United Nations Millennium Summit endorsed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in what was called the Millennium Declaration. More than 180 countries signed this declaration. The main objective of the Millennium Summit was to set quantifiable and time-bound global development goals to end human suffering from hunger, destitution and diseases, mainly in developing countries. Since their inception, the MDGs have been embedded in several international and regional initiatives and have had a huge influence on policy discourse throughout the developing world. The MDGs, which comprise eight goals, 18 targets and 48 indicators, are the culmination of several international efforts and initiatives to mobilize resources for development from the mid-1990s.