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In the year 2000,[br]

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leaders from 189 countries agreed[br]on a vision for the new millennium.

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They wanted to end extreme[br]poverty in all of its forms.

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So, they made a list of 8 goals,

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called the Millennium Development Goals.

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And they wanted to achieve this goals in 15 years.

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One of the leading organisations[br]working to fulfill this goals

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has been the United Nations[br]Development Program or UNDP.

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We're present in more than [br]170 countries and territories.

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We championed the goals so that people[br]everywhere would know what they were

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and how people could do their part.

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We funded projects [br]that helped fulfill the goals.

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We helped countries [br]to accelerate MDGs progress.

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By breaking down the silos and working across sectors.

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We acted as scorekeeper helping[br]countries to track the progress.

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As a result,

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the number of people that live on[br]less than $1.25 per day

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has dropped by more than half.

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The number of primary school age kids

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who don't go to school, down by almost half.

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The number of people getting[br]life-saving treatment for HIV,

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increased by over 15 times.

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Child mortality, down by almost half.

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As much progress as [br]we have made together

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there's still a lot more to do.

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Over 8 hundred million people

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are still living on less [br]than $1.25 a day.

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1 in 9 people on our planet[br]goes asleep hungry each night.

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Deforestation remains alarmingly[br]high in many countries.

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Oceans are becoming more acidic,

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threatening food security [br]and marine ecosystems.

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And about 1 in every 6 adults in the world is illiterate.

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Two thirds of them are women.

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We think those are tough numbers and[br]so do leaders from the countries were we work.

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So in September 2015,

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they agreed on a new set of goals to[br]help finish the work we all started in 2000.

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The new goals are called the [br]Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs.

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We have made significant progress in the last 15 years.

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And we think that is [br]plenty of room for hope,

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for action in the next 15 years.

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Today, the world is more [br]connected by technology.

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We know more about how to balance [br]the 3 pillars of sustainable development.

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Social progress, economic growth [br]and environmental protection.

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However, our climate is changing.

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Our planet is transforming.

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And there are more people on Earth than ever before.

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We at UNDP believe that everyone[br]can have enough of what they need,

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living within our planetary boundaries,

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and we are working around[br]the world to make this happen.

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Our goals to reach by 2030[br]are to eradicate extreme poverty,

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protect our environment, and much more.

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UNDP has 50 years of experience

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working with countries to make this more prosperous

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healthy, inclusive and sustainable world.

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Join us.