Meeting to advance the Millennium Development Goals for Africa

Meeting convened by United Nations secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to advance the Millennium Development Goals for Africa. Participation of the OECD Secretary-General. New York, USA.

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.