The MDGs have been a powerful tool in influencing the policy agenda with a strong human development focus.
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have achieved much for children all over the world.
In 2000, 164 governments met in Dakar, Senegal and pledged to achieve the six "Education for All" goals by 2015 committing to provide quality basic education for all children, youth and adults.
A roundtable meeting to discuss development issues in the Pacific, particularly after the conclusion of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) programme in 2015, was held last month in the Timor-Leste capital of Dili.