The UN is working with governments, civil society and other partners to build on the momentum generated by the MDGs and carry on with an ambitious post-2015 development agenda.

IUN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin testified on the MDG hearing in the House of Representatives this morning about how partnerships between the public sector and private corporations and philanthropies ...

UN Millennium Development Goals report shows how 'bold targeting' has reduced the gap between boys and girls attending primary school, malaria mortality, and the number of people living without ...

This week, world leaders are reviewing the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at a summit in New York. They should have the courage to admit to each other and to their ...

An audio transcript of a press conference in which our friends at the UN Foundation preview next week’s UN summit on the Millennium Development Goals. On-the-Record Press Teleconference with UN ...

The United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, are a set of voluntary global goals designed to accelerate progress over a 15-year span in key areas, such as health, education, and ...

The MDG Summit is a response to certain of the criticisms faced by the United Nations regarding the MDGs. In recently leaked background papers from the secretary-general’s retreat for high-level staff ...

The ubiquitous ‘development goals’ chosen by the United Nations – first Millennium (MDGs) in 2000 and now Sustainable (SDGs) – were and are and will be a ...

"The MDGs were first put forward by the United Nations, which is the world's most authoritative and universal inter-governmental organization," Sha Zukang, the UN's under-secretary-general for ...

The summit aims to take stock of progress on eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted 10 years ago, and redouble efforts to meet them by 2015. BBC UN correspondent Barbara Plett looks ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Monday that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are achievable by its deadline of 2015, calling on world leaders to exercise political leadership and ...

“Since the Millennium Development Goals were launched, we have seen proof that fighting malaria is a good investment that saves lives and speeds up economic progress,” said United Nations ...