English: In September 2000, the United Nations Assembly unanimously adopted the UN Millennium Declaration.

It was an 8 goal agenda that all 192 Member States agreed to adopt. We, the humanity of the third Millennium, have achieved that technological, economic and political progress from where we can no longer justify hunger and the exclusion of millions from basic health and education. Intentions were clear: declarations need to be accompanied with concrete commitments: we require specific objectives and definite timelines. The Millennium declaration contained a program for concrete action: 8 goals, subdivided in 21 targets to be achieved within a 15 years deadline. Indicators were defined, a monitoring system set up; funds were allocated and all countries affirmed their intentions to contribute with specific percentages of their GDPs. And for the first time in world history, a concrete work agenda for the rights of the voiceless was universally agreed.

See Introduction to the Millennium Development Goals