Despite the shortcomings of the Millennium Development Goals as a development tool, they have proven to be an important communication tool that is worth preserving after 2015. Inclusion of important themes of the Millennium Declaration and elements of the capability theory is essential in a post-2015 system, as well as putting human rights and gender principles at its core. Process orientation ...

On September 8, 2000, the 189 nations of the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration. This declaration reaffirms international commitment to the organization and charter of the UN and establishes shared fundamental values for the twenty-first century. Included among these objectives are a specific group of 8 goals which have been named the M...

The eight Millennium Development Goals were proposed by the UN Secretary-General in 2001. They are goals with measurable targets to be achieved by 2015 or earlier. The Goals were distilled from the 2000 United Nations Millennium Declaration, a sweeping statement of development values, principles, objectives and proposed actions. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a demonstrab...

Last weekend in New York heralded another of the annual UN heads-of-state summits at which inappropriate targets, processes and evaluation systems were reconfirmed. Politicians joined multilateral bureaucrats to congratulate [2] each other for hitting many of the MDG targets during the 2000-2015 period. Now there are 17 new SDGs with 169 new targets and more than 300 indicators to aim for by 2030.

I feel privileged to have this opportunity to deliver a lecture in honour of Amilcar Herrera. Prof Herrera’s “Latin American World Model” shows how we can shape our future in such a manner that it leads to lasting human happiness and security. It has been an act of vision on the part of the United Nations University and the Government of the Netherlands to have established this Institute for Ne...

objective: evaluating the status of the eco member countries in relation to hiv/aids (goal 6-a) which includes the main targets for global hiv/aids control. materials and methods: in 2009, we have critically reviewed the countries' mdg reports and extracted the data on each mdg's indicator by year to explore the trend. in the next phase, the main stakeholders, from both governmental and interna...

objective: evaluating the status of the eco member countries in relation to goal 5 of 3rd millennium which includes 75% reduction of maternal mortality rate till 2015 in comparison to 1990. material and methods: in 2009, we have critically reviewed the countries’ mdg reports and extracted the data on each mdgs’ indicator by year and cause of mortality, (if possible) resident area (urban/rural) ...