United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Hi Team,

For today, I would like you to research the UN Millennium Development goals. These goals are designed to help the poorest of countries develop the social and economic structures to provide for a sustainable and healthy future. These goals have been agreed upon by 192 countries, and their aim is complete them by 2015.

For today, please answer these questions in a word document and print them out when you're done.

Comprehension Questions:
1) What is the UN? What is their purpose and goal?
2) What is the G20? Explain why these countries are important in fight to end poverty.
3) What are the eight UN Millennium Development Goals?
4) Please provide a brief history of how the UN is doing in completing these goals? If you were their teacher, what grade would you give them? Why?
5) Which of these goals seems to be the most important to you? Which to you is the one that needs the greatest focus? Why?
6) Recently, the UN held a summit to review these goals - what was the result of this meeting?

Research Links:
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/unintro/unintro.asp
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/korea.ban.ki.moon/
http://www.g20.org/about_what_is_g20.aspx