In the year 2000,

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

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

So, they made a list of 8 goals,

called the Millennium Development Goals.

And they wanted to achieve this goals in 15 years.

One of the leading organisations
working to fulfill this goals

has been the United Nations
Development Program or UNDP.

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

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

and how people could do their part.

We funded projects 
that helped fulfill the goals.

We helped countries 
to accelerate MDGs progress.

By breaking down the silos and working across sectors.

We acted as scorekeeper helping
countries to track the progress.

As a result,

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

has dropped by more than half.

The number of primary school age kids

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

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

increased by over 15 times.

Child mortality, down by almost half.

As much progress as 
we have made together

there's still a lot more to do.

Over 8 hundred million people

are still living on less 
than $1.25 a day.

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

Deforestation remains alarmingly
high in many countries.

Oceans are becoming more acidic,

threatening food security 
and marine ecosystems.

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

Two thirds of them are women.

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

So in September 2015,

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

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

We have made significant progress in the last 15 years.

And we think that is 
plenty of room for hope,

for action in the next 15 years.

Today, the world is more 
connected by technology.

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

Social progress, economic growth 
and environmental protection.

However, our climate is changing.

Our planet is transforming.

And there are more people on Earth than ever before.

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

living within our planetary boundaries,

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

Our goals to reach by 2030
are to eradicate extreme poverty,

protect our environment, and much more.

UNDP has 50 years of experience

working with countries to make this more prosperous

healthy, inclusive and sustainable world.

Join us.