Isabella Sassine

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR 2015

- Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day.- Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.- Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

GOAL ONE- ERADICATE EXTREME HUNGER AND POVERTY

- Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.

GOAL TWO-ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

- Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015.

GOAL THREE- PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN

- Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

GOAL FOUR- REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY

- Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio.- Achieve universal access to reproductive health.

GOAL FIVE- IMPROVE MATERNAL HOUSE

- Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.- Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it.- Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.

GOAL SIX-COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES

- Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources.- Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss.- Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.- Have achieved by 2020 a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.

GOAL SEVEN-ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

The Australian aid program is organised around four interlinked themes:- accelerating economic growth - fostering functioning and effective states- investing in people- promoting regional stability and cooperation

Generating shared and sustainable economic growth is the single most important objective for the Asia-Pacific region over the next ten years. The Australian aid program encourages economic growth by:- improving the policy environment for growth- promoting trade- infrastructure development, rural development and building skilled workforces- addressing the environmental challenges to growth including management of fresh water resources.

WHAT AUSTRALIA’S DOING TO ADRESS THE ISSUES…

Fostering functioning states is essential because appropriate and effective machinery of government is the basis for prosperity. Sound policies and institutions are essential for growth and development.Investing in people (health and education) provides the opportunity for all citizens, especially the poor, to participate in the economy. Health and education enable the poor to participate in growth, make the workforce more productive, and lead to a better informed citizenry able to demand better government performanceRegional stability and cooperation is becoming increasingly important in a world in which cooperation between nation states is needed to address trans-boundary threats such as pandemics, disasters and transnational crime. Stability is also needed for countries to benefit from the opportunities offered by economic integration.

WHAT AUSTRALIA’S DOING TO ADRESS THE ISSUES…