C. Focus on Millennium Development Goal 2 achievement of universal primary education

Economic growth is essential but not sufficient for the achievement of Goal 1.

There are three main elements in the ILO contribution to the achievement of Goal 2.

It must define irrevocable interim objectives on the way to its achievement of this goal.

(b) Actively participate in the monitoring of progress towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 2

The Committee is hopeful that the Quartet will intensify its work towards the achievement of this goal.

Identifying objectives and strategies towards achieving these objectives are concrete steps towards the achievement of the group's overall goal.

The Committee hopes that the Quartet and the international community will continue to work towards the achievement of this goal.

E. Contribution of the normative activities of the UN Habitat to the achievement of goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals

That goal is regarded by the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries as the most essential aspect in the achievement of the MDGs.

The Government faces challenges to the achievement of this goal, for example lack of school facilities, in particular girls' schools in rural areas.

A meaningful outcome on those proposals would be a concrete contribution to the achievement of an equitable multilateral trading system and Millennium Development Goal 8.

The deprivations and threats faced by children are a major obstacle to the achievement of the Millennium Goals, including the goal of reducing poverty and hunger.

There is no doubt that the achievement of comprehensive and sustainable development has been, and still is, the primary goal of all major meetings of world leaders.

The indicators of achievement of the programme budget did not allow success in the realization of the objective to be measured, since there was no quantitative specific goal.

ILO contributes to the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 2 by promoting quality and universally accessible, free and compulsory education in the context of its decent work agenda.

The full and fair participation by rural societies in global development was a prerequisite for achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by the year 2015.

The overall goal of the International Year is to present undeniable proof that sport and physical education play a key role in the achievement of global development goals.

UNICEF is also fully committed to Millennium Development Goal 3 for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, and recognizes that achieving gender equality is not only an important goal in itself, but is essential for the achievement of other goals.

The contribution of UN Habitat to the achievement of goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals has been constrained by the limited scope of some of the advocacy activities.

While the majority of countries are focusing their national plans on the achievement of the millennial goals, others are already able to pursue a more ambitious Millennium Development Goal plus agenda.

Millennium Development Goal 8 on a global partnership for development, which is also at the centre of the Monterrey Consensus, was a key prerequisite for the achievement of the other Goals.

Achievement of these goals would therefore contribute directly to the goal included in the United Nations Millennium Declaration of having halted or begun to reverse the spread of HIV by 2015.

Table 4 provides a cumulative performance assessment under sub goal 1. The rates of achievement have been calculated according to the same methodology used to prepare the cumulative ROAR 2000 2003 for UNCDF.

Education for All goal 5 on the elimination of gender disparities in education by 2005 and on the achievement of gender equality by 2015 is directly linked to access and quality education issues.

United Nations agencies involved in data collection processes regarding the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 2 should develop indicators relevant for indigenous peoples that capture their specificities including languages, culture, values and worldviews.

The achievement of this goal requires a complete understanding of the fact that women constitute more than half of the Greek population (52 ) and face severe obstacles in their social and economic integration.

(b) To promote the continuation of the upward trend in real contributions to operational activities for development to identify obstacles to the achievement of that goal and to make appropriate recommendations in this regard

Mr. Bodini (San Marino) said that, despite widespread agreement on the need to eradicate poverty and the devotion of significant resources to that end, the achievement of the relevant Millennium Development Goal was uncertain.

That's the achievement, I think. That's the real achievement.

It was suggested that Goal 8, on developing a global partnership for development, which is also at the centre of the Monterrey Consensus, was a key prerequisite for the achievement of the other Millennium Development Goals.

(g) In many cases, current criteria to measure the achievement of Goal 2 regarding indigenous education are absent or are based on insufficient indicators which do not reflect indigenous educational specificities and are culturally inappropriate and insensitive.

Forests are highlighted in the Millennium Declaration and the proportion of land area covered by forest constitutes an indicator (No. 25) for monitoring progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (No. 7) on ensuring environmental sustainability.

For example, India, Brazil and South Africa have initiated a joint partnership with UNDP (known as the IBSA initiative) to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, especially the goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

While a specific Millennium Development Goal on promoting gender equality and empowerment of women is a significant achievement, enhancing women's participation in development requires that gender perspectives be fully incorporated into the implementation of all Millennium Development Goals.

4. Reaffirms that the achievement of the highest attainable level of health is a most important worldwide social goal, the realization of which requires action on the part of many other social and economic sectors in addition to the health sector

The goal, as elaborated in the Arab peace initiative and the vision of President Bush, is the achievement of peace on the basis of the two State solution Palestine and Israel with borders based on the armistice line of 1949.

Therefore, pending the achievement of the goal of the total elimination of such weapons, efforts to commence negotiations towards the conclusion of a universal, unconditional and legally binding instrument on security assurances should be pursued as a matter of priority.

Reaffirms that the achievement of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a most important worldwide social goal, the realization of which requires action by many other social and economic sectors in addition to the health sector

The cost of achieving the Millennium Development Goals include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1) achieving universal primary education (Goal 2) eliminating gender disparity at all levels of education (Goal 3) reducing child mortality (Goal 4) and reducing maternal mortality (Goal 5).

Goal 3.

Goal 5.

Measurements of achievement

The Achievement Myth

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