The MDG goals and targets are based on the UN Millennium Declaration, and the UN General Assembly has approved them as part of the Secretary General's road map towards implementing the Declaration. For each MDG, one or more targets have been set, using 1990 as a benchmark and 2015 as the target date.
Goals
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
The Government of Bangladesh is fully aware of the importance of the MDGs, but has not yet formally indicated whether the internationally approved MDGs will be adopted as national goals/targets, or whether some of them might be revised and adapted to national conditions.
The United Nations agencies represented in Bangladesh has initiated a first MDG review process, aimed at producing the first MDG Report for Bangladesh some time in mid-2004. A total of 13 target-based working groups (TWGs) have been established for this purpose. For details about these TWGs, please click here.
