Millennium Development Goals

The goal of Decent Work for All and the pledges in the Millennium Declaration go hand in hand. The ILO’s Decent Work Agenda, in a context of fair globalization, is essential to the achievement of these shared aims.

The information folder linked below includes one brief for each of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Each brief contains links to further information about how decent and productive employment, social protection, rights at work and dialogue contribute to the achievement of the MDGs.

In addition, an extract is included from the Key Indicators of the Labour Market (ILO, 2008) on the new target under MDG 1: "to make the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people, a central objective of our relevant national and international policies and our national development strategies".

1. Overview / Vue d’ensemble / Los ocho ODM
   pdf (92kB): English - Français - Español
2. MDG 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger / Éliminer l'extrême pauvreté et la faim / Erradicar la pobreza extrema y el hambre
   pdf (109kB): English - Français - Español
3. MDG 1: Target 1B explained: "to make the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people, a central objective of our relevant national and international policies and our national development strategies"
   pdf (124kB): English only
4. MDG 2. Achieve universal primary education / Assurer l'éducation primaire pour tous / Lograr la enseñanza primaria universal
   pdf (119kB): English - Français - Español
5. MDG 3. Promote gender equality and empower women / Promouvoir l'égalité des sexes et l'autonomisation des femmes / Promover la igualdad entre los sexos y el empoderamiento de la mujer
   pdf (119kB): English - Français - Español
6. MDG 4. Reduce child mortality / Réduire la mortalité des enfants de moins de 5 ans / Reducir la mortalidad infantil
   pdf (100kB): English - Français - Español
7. MDG 5. Improve maternal health / Améliorer la santé maternelle / Mejorar la salud materna
   pdf (105kB): English - Français - Español
8. MDG 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases / Combattre le VIH/sida, le paludisme et d’autres maladies / Combatir el VIH/SIDA, la malaria y otras enfermedades
   pdf (117kB): English - Français - Español
9. MDG 7. Ensure environmental sustainability / Assurer un environnement durable / Garantizar la sostenibilidad del medio ambiente
   pdf (143B) : English - Français - Español
10. MDG 8. Develop a global partnership for development / Mettre en place un partenariat mondial pour le développement /Fomentar una alianza mundial para el desarrollo 
    pdf (139kB): English - Français - Español

The UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York on 20-22 September 2010 during the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, concluded with the adoption of a global action plan to achieve the eight anti-poverty goals by their 2015 target date and the announcement of major new commitments for women's and children's health and other initiatives against poverty, hunger and disease.

• Read the outcome document of the MDG Summit
• Read the closing press release

UN agencies prepared reports for the meeting describing successful case studies that can be replicated and scaled up, highlighting lessons learned, identifying remaining challenges, and making recommendations for progress. The ILO, the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization jointly coordinated the preparation of the report on MDG 1 (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger) with input from other UN agencies and the World Bank. The ILO also contributed to the reports on MDG 2 (Achieve universal primary education), MDG 3 (Promote gender equality and empower women) and MDG 6 (Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases).

• Click here to download the report on MDG 1.