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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Rwanda Measuring the progress of the MDGs in Rwanda Goals Will the goals/ targets be met ? State of supportive environment   Probably Potentially Unlikely No data Strong Fair Weak but improving Weak Goal 1a: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day               Goal 1b: ERADICATE EXTREME HUNGER: Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger               Goal 2: UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION: Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling               Goal 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015               Goal 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY: Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five between 1990 and 2015               Goal 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio               Goal 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES: a) Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, b) Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases               Goal 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: a) Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources, b) Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water, c) Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020               Goal 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT: a) Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system Includes a commitment to good governance, development, and poverty reduction — both nationally and internationally, b) Address the special needs of the least developed countries Includes: tariff and quota free access for least developed countries' exports; enhanced programme of debt relief for HIPCs and cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous ODA for countries committed to poverty reduction, c) Address the special needs of landlocked countries and small island developing States, d) Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term, e) : In cooperation with developing countries, develop and implement strategies for decent and productive work for youth, f) In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries, g) In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.

News.. UN Secretary General commends Rwanda for achievements towards MDGs. UN Volunteers support the MDG campaign in Rwanda: Youth from Secondary schools participate in a drawing competition on MDG Volunteers in Rwanda commemorate the International Day of Volunteers UNDP Staff and primary school children vows to end poverty Userful links Millennium Development Goals Status at the glance (Latest value 2005&2006) Measuring the progress of the MDGs in Rwanda