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'''Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger'''
                                 
== The United Nations ==


''Halve the amount of people whose incomes are less than a dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger between 1990 and 2015. ''


'''Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education'''
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''Make sure that by 2015, all boys and girls will be able to complete a full curriculum of primary schooling.''
The United Nations was founded on October 24, 1945 by 50 countries. It's membership has since risen to 192 member countries. The vast majority of the U.N.'s resources are devoted to economic, social, and sustainable development. The aid provided to developing countries by the United Nations has affected the quality of peoples lives globally. Through the World Food Programme, one of the U.N.'s outreach programs, more than 100 million people a year are fed in 80 countries. All member countries focus on issues such as drug trafficking, AIDS, organized ctime, environment, and organized crime because these are all global problems, affecting every country in the world.
Besides providing monetary, human, and resource aid to developing countries, the UN also is responsible for responding to man-made and natural disasters that are beyond the control and capacity of the national authorites of the affected country alone. Immediate relief is provided through several agencies founded and sponsored by the UN. Additionally, they focus on developing effective strategies that will assist in preventing future emergencies.  


'''Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women'''


''Gender disparity is to be eliminated in all levels of education by 2015.''
The following goals were established by the United Nations in The Millenium Development Goals Report of 2006. While these goals have yet to be completed, they have been quite successful thusfar and hopefully will continue to aid in the shaping of the futures of developing countries.


'''Goal 4: Reduce child mortality'''
[[Millenium Development Goals]]


''Reduce by two thirds, the under-five mortality rate between 1990 and 2015.''


'''Goal 5: Improve maternal health.'''
''Reduce by seventy-five percent the maternal mortality ratio between 1990 and 2015.''
'''Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases'''
''By 2015, the spread of HIV/AIDS should be halved and the spread of the these, as well as malaria and other major disease should have begun to reverse.''
'''Goal 7: Ensure envorionmental sustainability'''
''The loss of environmental resources should begin to reverse and the principles of sustainable development should be integrated into country policies. The proportion of people who do not have sustainable access to basic sanitation and safe drinking water should be halved by 2015. Additionally, a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers should be achieved by 2020.''
'''Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development'''
''The special needs of landlocked countries, small island developing states, and the least developed countries should be addressed. A better predictable, open, rule-based, non-discriminatory trading and financial system must be developed. The debt of developing coutnries should also be dealt with. Strategies should be developed implemented for productive and decent work for youth in developing countries. Access to affordable essential drugs should be provided in developing countries. The benefits of new technologies, including communications and information should be made available to developing countries.''




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The United Nations

                        http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-magazine-united-nations-330x220.jpg

The United Nations was founded on October 24, 1945 by 50 countries. It's membership has since risen to 192 member countries. The vast majority of the U.N.'s resources are devoted to economic, social, and sustainable development. The aid provided to developing countries by the United Nations has affected the quality of peoples lives globally. Through the World Food Programme, one of the U.N.'s outreach programs, more than 100 million people a year are fed in 80 countries. All member countries focus on issues such as drug trafficking, AIDS, organized ctime, environment, and organized crime because these are all global problems, affecting every country in the world. Besides providing monetary, human, and resource aid to developing countries, the UN also is responsible for responding to man-made and natural disasters that are beyond the control and capacity of the national authorites of the affected country alone. Immediate relief is provided through several agencies founded and sponsored by the UN. Additionally, they focus on developing effective strategies that will assist in preventing future emergencies.


The following goals were established by the United Nations in The Millenium Development Goals Report of 2006. While these goals have yet to be completed, they have been quite successful thusfar and hopefully will continue to aid in the shaping of the futures of developing countries.

Millenium Development Goals



Bretton Woods Conference

"The economic health of every country is a proper matter of concern to all its neighbors, near and far."

These were the opening words said by Franklin Roosevelt at the Bretton Woods Conferene which took place in July of 1944. The conference agreements summary states that, "The nations should consult and agree on international monetary changes whcih affect each other. They should outlaw practices which are agreed to be harmful to world prosperity, and they should assist each other to overcome short-term exchange difficulties." It established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction which marked the end of economic nationalism. However, the conference agreements did not become operative until 1959 when European curriencies finally became convertible.


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) which came into existence in December of 1945 defines itself as "an organization of 184 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty." The purpose of the IMF is to oversee the global financial system. It does this through monitoring the balance of payments and exchange rates. All UN member states are either directly involved or are represented by other members, with the exception of seven countries.

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