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Do You Think Nigeria Can Achieve The United Nations Millenium Development Goals? by uonyekwere(m): 8:15pm On Jul 24, 2011 |
These are a list of the United Nations Millenium Development Goals, most of which have a deadline of 2015. Do you think these are feasibly attainable in Nigeria by 2015? Why or why not? What can we do to achieve these goals? Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio Achieve universal access to reproductive health Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system Address the special needs of least developed countries Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications |
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