1. Ending Poverty Around the World

2. Is it possible to end global poverty? The United Nations says yes To end global poverty, we must address children’s rights, women’s rights, epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, access to clean water and sanitation, and preservation of the world’s resources Bono, lead singer of the band U2, campaigns tirelessly for the poor

3. Millennium Development Goals In September 2000, 189 nations gathered at the United Nations Millennium Summit The goal of the summit was to end poverty, hunger, and disease and to fulfill human rights a top priority The summit put together the Millennium Development Goals – eight objectives to accelerate human development, achieve universal equality, and attain a more peaceful world by 2015 To meet these goals it will take global cooperation among all countries

4. Millennium Goals One and Two

5. Millennium Goals Three and Four

6. Millennium Goals Five and Six

7. Millennium Goals Seven and Eight