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1.4 billion people live on less than $1 a day. Each year, there are between 190 million and 330 million cases of malaria worldwide and kills nearly one million people annually. More than half a million mothers in developing countries die in childbirth or from pregnancy complications every year.
These are just a few of the issues that are addressed by the United Nations Millenium Development Goals. In 2000, 181 world leaders gathered and committed themselves to the most comprehensive set of objectives ever set to address extreme poverty in its many forms. The commitment has been made, we just need them to live up to it.
This September, world leaders are meeting again to discuss the progress and future steps of the Millenium Development Goals. In the past 10 years, not enough has changed. Let President Obama know you support his commitment to these goals when he addresses the United Nations in September.
Learn more at www.commitinseptember.com.
Uphold Your Commitment to the UN Millenium Development Goals
President Obama and Members of Congress,
Time is running out, but it’s not too late. Now, more than ever, we need to make tangible policy changes towards ending extreme global poverty. We, the undersigned, ask that you uphold your commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals at the 2010 United Nations Summit in September.
Specifically, we ask that you commit to:
-GLOBAL EDUCATION by supporting the creation of a Global Fund for Education.
-GLOBAL HEALTH by fully funding The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
-HAITI by creating and committing to a plan for long-term, sustainable development in the nation.
By making these concrete commitments in our foreign policy, we can come closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and ending extreme poverty by the year 2025.
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