1. Amy E. Duray EVPP 490 003 26 January 2010

2. MDGs – the 5 W’s A. Who? The United Nations B. What? Established the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 as part of world summit of global leaders – these were time-bound and quantifiable targets aimed at improving extent of world poverty by the year 2015. – the UN Millennium Declaration C. When? 2000-2015, with bi-annual reviews. D. Where? Everywhere affected by poverty E. Why? To assure basic human rights – defined by UN Millennium Project as: “the rights of each person on the planet to health, education, shelter, and security.”

3. MDG Movie Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

4. MDGs and the Environment Review Table 1.1 GEO-4

5. Asia-Pacific Region and the MDGs UNESCAP: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (http://www.mdgasiapacific.org/)http://www.mdgasiapacific.org/ MDG Movie: A Future Within Reach

6. Key Regional Priorities for Asia in the GEO-4 Report Transport and Urban Air Quality Freshwater Stress Valuable Ecosystems Agricultural Land Use Waste Management