Perhaps some of us are unaware of these goals drawn by the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which constituted promises made by world leaders to address, as a single package, peace, security, development, human rights and fundamental freedom. These are 8 goals set in 2000, to be achieved by 2015, and they range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education.
On YouTube’s homepage today, all the featured videos are related to these goals, as the world leaders met once again on 25 SEP 2008 in New York to discuss them.
As the featured videos on YouTube’s homepage change constantly, I would like to embed selected ones here. But before going into the videos, I would like to introduce these 8 goals. They are:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
For the specific and measurable targets of each of the goals above, please visit UN’s website at: www.un.org/millenniumgoals.
Below are the selected videos from YouTube. They are mostly from non-profit organizations, and you can see their links in the videos.
One Sabbath:
End poverty:
Unlocking the power of women:
Education for all:
Improve Maternal Health:
A generation free from HIV:
Rising food prices in Kenya:
Save the children:
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