Millions of people's lives have improved due to concerted global, regional, national and local efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which serve as the foundation for the next ...

Fifteen years ago the world united around a common agenda to tackle poverty. This agenda is what we know as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); it committed global leadership to a new partnership ...

World leaders are meeting next week at a United Nations Summit in New York to review progress made to alleviate poverty around the world since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were set a little ...

Elizabeth Lwanga is Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Coordinator of UN System Operational Activities in Kenya. She has served as Deputy Director of the Regional ...

World leaders risk deepening inequalities, discrimination and injustice if human rights remain side-lined in the post-2015 development agenda, Amnesty International warned ahead of crucial talks at ...

GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for jobs and livelihoods to be at the heart of the development agenda after the target date for achieving the Millennium ...

As we approach the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, what does the future hold for international maternal mortality targets? The MHTF is pleased to be hosting a blog series on ...

Washington, D.C., 30 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The countries of the Americas met almost all the health targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a report presented to the ...

In 2015, UN members unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, designed to guide global progress toward a more prosperous and sustainable future. Building on a set of earlier goals known ...

Interview with Alice Ouedraogo, Deputy Director of the ILO's Policy Integration Department about the International Labour Organization's efforts to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ...