Liberia

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND TARGETS

THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

In September 2000, 189 heads of state and governments gathered at the United Nations in New York at the Millennium Summit and adopted what became known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Targets. A set of time-bound goals, the MDGs are an embodiment of wider human concerns and issues - they are "people-centered" and measure human progress.  The MDGs are intended to engender national initiatives and strategies geared towards alleviating poverty and improving the standard of living of the poorest of the poor across the globe. Although the global challenge to alleviate poverty is overwhelming, these leaders decided to concentrate on eight crucial goals that touch upon available income and food, education, gender equality, child mortality, maternal health, HIV/AIDS and other major diseases, environmental sustainability, and global partnerships.  The eight goals are set to encourage all countries, rich or poor, to focus on human development problems. They have been carefully selected with the help of the UN Agencies and other international organizations. They include 18 feasible straightforward targets to be met through country policies and programs, international aid, and civil society engagement. These targets are set to be achieved in a 25-year period from 1990 to 2015. International Development Targets, which preceded the MDGs, were derived from a series of UN global conferences held during the 1990s.

UNDP Programme Contribution To Achieve MDGs Targets

MDGs Stories

Monrovia, Liberia - February 19, 2012: Liberia has launched its first national Industrial policy with a commitment to create further opportunities for the growth and development of the country’s industrial sector. Full story..

Monrovia, Liberia - February 10, 2012: The Ministry of Agriculture and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Global Environment Facility (GEF) Agreement for the Agriculture Sector.  The agreement which runs up to 2015 is aimed at addressing threats to agriculture production and food security in Liberia. Full story..

Monrovia, Liberia - December 15, 2012: Wednesday 14 December, UNDP/Liberia officially handed over the Global Fund projects to the Ministry of Health, after 7 years of a successful partnership during which UNDP delivered US$70,719,399 for the government and the Global Fund. full story..  

Monrovia, Liberia - June 29, 2011: The United Nations Development Program under its Elections Project is conducting series of trainings around the Country for potential female aspirants representing various registered political parties. full story..

Monrovia, Liberia - May 16, 2011: A four-day training of trainers on Sex-Disaggregated Data and Gender Statistics Analysis was organized by the Ministry of Gender and Development (MOGD), with support from UNDP. full story..

Monrovia, Liberia - March 21, 2011: An action plan on gender responsive budgeting has been adopted by officials of government at the end of a three-day workshop in Monrovia. full story...

March 28, 2011: The Government of Liberia and the UNDP have been conducting town hall meetings and providing details to the people in counties that are benefitting from the coastline pilot project, on the initiative. full story..

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