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In the year 2000,
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leaders from 189 countries agreed
on a vision for the new millennium.
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They wanted to end extreme
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
working to fulfill this goals
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has been the United Nations
Development Program or UNDP.
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We're present in more than
170 countries and territories.
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We championed the goals so that people
everywhere would know what they were
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and how people could do their part.
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We funded projects
that helped fulfill the goals.
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We helped countries
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
countries to track the progress.
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As a result,
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the number of people that live on
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
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
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
than $1.25 a day.
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1 in 9 people on our planet
goes asleep hungry each night.
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Deforestation remains alarmingly
high in many countries.
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Oceans are becoming more acidic,
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threatening food security
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
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
help finish the work we all started in 2000.
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The new goals are called the
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
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
connected by technology.
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We know more about how to balance
the 3 pillars of sustainable development.
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Social progress, economic growth
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
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
the world to make this happen.
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Our goals to reach by 2030
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.
