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“The Millennium Development Goals were adopted five years ago by all the world's Governments as a blueprint for building a better world in the 21st century." Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted at the United Nations Millennium Summit, which was held in September 2000 and brought together highest-level representatives from more than 180 countries. MDGs were adopted as a set of time-bound and measurable goals and targets in order to fight the world's main development challenges, such as poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women. Serving as a framework for the entire UN system to work coherently together towards a common end, MDGs remain at the center of the United Nations efforts on the ground. Millennium Development Goals include the following eight goals to be achieved by the year 2015:  | Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger |  | Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education |  | Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women |  | Goal 4: Reduce child mortality |  | Goal 5: Improve maternal health |  | Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases |  | Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability |  | Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development |
Nationalized Millennium Development Goals prioritized by Turkmenistan, have been outlined in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2005-2009 signed between the Government of Turkmenistan and United Nations Country Team in Turkmenistan. United Nations Agencies in Turkmenistan are well placed to assist the Government in addressing human development challenges and reaching the Nationalized MDG Targets and other national goals, such as those identified in the Strategy of Socio-economic Development for the Period of Up to 2010 and the National Programme "Strategy of Economic, Political and Cultural Development of Turkmenistan for the period of up to 2020". For more information on MDGs, click here
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