The children

World leaders at the United Nations Millennium Summit held in New York in September 2000 resolved to strengthen and promote global efforts for:
§ peace
§ democracy
§ good governance
§ poverty eradication
§ human rights
§ human dignity
§ clean environment

The Millennium Declaration made a strong commitment to the right to development, to gender equality and the empowerment of women, to the eradication of the many dimensions of poverty, and to sustainable human development.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) emerged as the principal means of implementing the Declaration.

Since 1970, Malaysia has achieved a number of national developmental goals which coincidentally cover essential elements of the MDGs.

These achievements, and the favourable position Malaysia now occupies in economic and social development, owe a great deal to the ground-breaking policies and strategies that were envisioned in the Outline Perspective Plans and systematically implemented through Malaysia’s national five-year plans.

A comprehensive account of the policies, strategies, and programs that have enabled Malaysia to achieve most of the MDGs is given in Malaysia: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Successes and Challenges.