"The Millennium Development Goals were adopted five years ago by all the world's Governments as a blueprint for building a better world in the 21st century." Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted at the United Nations Millennium Summit, which was held in September 2000 and brought together highest-level representatives from more than 180 countries. MDGs were adopted as a set of time-bound and measurable goals and targets in order to fight the world's main development challenges, such as poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women. Serving as a framework for the entire UN system to work coherently together towards a common end, MDGs remain at the center of the United Nations efforts on the ground. Millennium Development Goals include the following eight goals to be achieved by the year 2015: Nationalized Millennium Development Goals prioritized by Turkmenistan have been outlined in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2005-2009 signed between the Government of Turkmenistan and United Nations Country Team in Turkmenistan. United Nations Agencies in Turkmenistan are well placed to assist the Government in addressing human development challenges and reaching the Nationalized MDG Targets and other national goals, such as those identified in the Strategy of Socio-economic Development for the Period of Up to 2010 and the National Programme "Strategy of Economic, Political and Cultural Development of Turkmenistan for the period of up to 2020". MDGs | National Targets | | Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger | Target 1: To reduce, by a factor of three during 2000 - 2015, the proportion of people with income less than 50 percent monthly average income | | Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education | Target 2: To expand the access of people to high quality education at all levels and achieve world standards in education | | Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women | Target 3: To eliminate by 2015 gender discrepancies at all levels of education, and at the third stage in particular Target 4: To reduce by 2015 gender discrepancies in incomes and the labour market | | Goal 4: Reduce child mortality | Target 5: To reduce infant mortality during 2000-2015 by factor of 2.1 | | Goal 5: Improve maternal health | Target 6: To reduce by half the maternal mortality rate during 2000-2015 | | Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases | Target 7: To prevent HIV/AIDS incidence inthe country Target 8: To reduce by one-third tuberculosis incidence during 2000-2015 | | Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability | Target 9: To hold up exhaustion of natural resources Target 10: To reduce the proportion of people without permanent access to safe drinking water | | Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development | |
Under the new UNDAF for 2010-2015 the United Nations Agencies can offer particularly comparative advantages with regard to achieving further tangible progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, drawing on their values, successful global knowledge base, best practices and lessons learnt; their strong normative mandate and track record in Turkmenistan; their neutrality; and their ability to encourage efficient coordination among donors. National Priority | UNDAF Outcome
| Promoting democratic principles of governance and ensuring supremacy of law
| By 2015, rights and freedoms in Turkmenistan are respected and guaranteed in accordance with international human rights standards as well as principles of democracy and the rule of law (MDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) | Free education and a set of free state-guaranteed health services for all; sustainable natural growth; decreased mortality, especially infant mortality; increased life expectancy; social protection for citizens
| By 2015, human resources developed to achieve sustained socioeconomic development (MDGs 2, 4, 5, 6) | A fast-growing, powerful State; socioeconomic development of world standards; high living standards of the population
| By 2015, the system of environmentally sustainable economic management expands people’s opportunities to participate in social and economic development, especially in rural areas (MDGs 1, 3, 7) | | Combating of illicit drug trafficking and organized crime strengthened; border management improved; more effective preparedness and response to natural and manmade disasters | By 2015, peace and security in Turkmenistan, both on the national level, as well as on the level of regional cooperation, are ensured in accordance with international standards (MDGs 1, 3, 6, 7, 8) |
Useful links on MDG:
United Nations Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Project
Millennium Development Goals Report 2009
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