2000年，各国领导人齐聚联合国，定下了八个千年发展目标，一致同意减少一半的极端贫困和饥饿、战胜病魔、改善水安全和卫生、扩大教育、赋予女孩和妇女更多权利。
The eight MDGs were adopted in the year 2000, when leaders meeting at the United Nations agreed to cut extreme poverty and hunger by half, fight disease, improve water safety and sanitation, expand education, and empower girls and women.