Millennium Development Goals In 2000, 189 nations came together and agreed upon 8 goals: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development. These goals are the most widely agreed upon and supported goals in the world’s history, and the commitments include measurable targets and timelines. Now there are five years left until the 2015 deadline, and according to experts, we have the knowledge, money, resources and technology to achieve the goals. …