Thirteen years after the world set the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), countries have made big strides to meet the eight anti-poverty targets by their 2015 deadline. “In more than a decade of ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The United Nations and strategic partners have launched ...

Eveline Herfkens was appointed Executive Coordinator of the UN Millennium Campaign in 2002. The Campaign encourages citizens around the world in their efforts to hold Governments to account for the ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Today marks the opening of the United Nations Summit in ...

All of the first seven Millennium Development Goals had very specific targets, such as reducing child mortality by two-thirds, halting the spread of AIDS, and eliminating gender disparities in ...

Ahead of a UN Millennium Development Goals summit in September, read views from experts arguing for and against the MDGs, and join in the debate. The MDGs came from the reactions to structural ...

The United Nation General Assembly is poised to adopt a new set of development criteria called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this September.[1] The SDGs are intended to replace the ...

With just 500 days left before the Millennium Development Goals expire, it is important to acknowledge all that they have spurred the world to achieve. This column is part of the MDG 500 milestone ...

As we reach the 15-year deadline for the MDGs, we’re taking stock of how close we came to hitting them. Up first: Halve the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day. Extreme poverty is the ...

HIV/AIDS will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many countries to reach the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a new analysis by researchers published to coincide with ...