Statements I: The Millennium Development Goals were adopted in the United Nations in the year 2010. Statement II: Developing a global partnership for development was one of the Millennium Development Goals. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Statements I: The Millennium Development Goals were adopted in the United Nations in the year 2010. Statement II: Developing a global partnership for development was one of the Millennium Development Goals. Which of the above statements is/are correct? Correct Answer Only II

International development is a multi-disciplinary context of human development that seeks to implement long-term solutions to problems by helping developing countries create the necessary capacity needed to provide such sustainable solutions to their problems. One such programme was the MDGs.

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):

• In September 2000, world leaders came together at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
• The Declaration committed nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and set out a series of eight time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015, that came to be known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
• The aims of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were to encourage development by improving social and economic conditions in the world's poorest countries

These 8 MDG Goals were:

1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

Hence, it can be concluded from the given points that the MDGs were adopted in the United Nations in the year 2000 to develop a global partnership to reduce extreme poverty.