The Hunger Report

In 2000, at a special session of the Untied Nations, the member nations committed to “making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want.” From this commitment emerged a set of eight interrelated goals that have come to be known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The MDGs represent unprecedented support for the world’s hungry and poor people and provide a framework for coordinating development efforts. By including measurable targets, the MDGs allow us to assess progress and determine what adjustments are needed in national and international strategies to achieve the goals. Most importantly, by situating the MDGs within the context of the right to development and combining goals across different areas—hunger, poverty, education, health, gender equality, environmental sustainability and trade—the MDGs demonstrate an interconnected vision of development and human rights.

This section provides a snapshot of regional progress toward achieving the goals, highlighting areas where progress is occurring and where regions are falling behind. The regions included are Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Latin America, and Sub- Saharan Africa. The Annex also includes country-level data.

Progress has been occurring too slowly to achieve all of the MDGs in every country by the 2015 target date. Just past the halfway point, it is time to take stock of global progress and seek new paths forward. Now is the time to recapture the spirit of 2000 and make real the promise of a better world for all.