Explanation : The United Nations Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) are the eight goals set by
the 189 UN member states in September
2000 and agreed to be achieved by the year
2015. The Millennium Declaration was
signed at the September global summit held
at the UN headquarters in New York and
the 149 international leaders in attendance
committed to combating disease, hunger,
poverty, illiteracy, discrimination against
women and environmental degradation.