Q. What are the Millennium Development Goals?

The Millennium Development Goals originally had a target date of 2015 and focused on goals that could be universally agreed to by all countries:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability, and;
8. Develop a global partnership for development.

The goals have since evolved to the new Sustainable Development Goals, of which there are 17 intended to "Transform Our World".