International Save the Children Alliance
UN World Summit and Millenium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are a list of eight targets, intended to reduce global poverty. The goals were agreed by an international consensus of experts in 2000 and all 191 member countries of the United Nations have pledged to meet these goals by the year 2015. As well as the eight goals there are eighteen specific targets and forty-eight indicators in order to track the progress of each goal.
Save the Children is interested in
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all children going to school
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all children getting the essential healthcare they need
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no children going to bed hungry
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all children protected with their rights respected
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all children growing up in economies that work for them.
Save the Children Publications
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The EU, the Millennium Development Goals and Children
Using a child focused approach, Save the Children analyses the European Union’s efforts to realise the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this report, Save the Children, makes key recommendations on achieving the MDGs at EU level, including a series of “quick wins”. (April 2005)
U.S. Leadership Needed to Finish the Child Survival
Sharper Focus and Further Funding Can Save Children’s Lives (Save the Children US)
Millenium Development Goals (Save the Children UK)
How can the Millennium Development Goals be met? (Save the Children UK)
60 million girls are missing out on an education (Save the Children UK)
UN study on violence against children
Global Submision by the International Save the Children Alliance. Ten essential learning points. Listen and Speak out against Sexual Abuse of Girls and Boys [Adobe PDF, 2541 Kb]
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