Matrix: UNICEF Focus Areas and the Millennium Agenda
Though the Millennium Development Goals set by United Nations States in 2000 are for all humankind, they are primarily about children.
Six of the eight goals relate directly to children and UNICEF's work is central to meeting them. UNICEF’s work can be grouped into five main strategic areas.
Together, they make a difference for children by supporting implementation of the Millennium Summit Declaration and the world’s work toward the Goals. Of the 48 indicators of progress toward the Goals, UNICEF is chiefly responsible for progress in 13.
The Millennium Agenda
and UNICEF’s Focus Areas
|
Millennium Summit Declaration and Millennium Development Goals |
Organizational Focus Areas for UNICEF |
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Goal 1: Poverty and hunger |
Young Child Survival and Development; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights |
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Goal 2: Universal primary education |
Basic Education and Gender Equality; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights |
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Goal 3: Gender equality and empowerment of women |
Basic Education and Gender Equality; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights |
| Goal 4: Child mortality |
Young Child Survival and Development; HIV/AIDS and Children; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights; Child Protection |
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Goal 5: Maternal health |
Young Child Survival and Development; HIV/AIDS and Children; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights |
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Goal 6: HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases |
HIV/AIDS and Children; Young Child Survival and Development; Child Protection; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights |
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Goal 7: Environmental sustainability |
Water and Sanitation; Young Child Survival and Development; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights |
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Goal 8: Global partnership for development |
All five organizational focus areas |
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Millennium Summit Declaration Section 6 - Protecting the vulnerable |
Child Protection; HIV/AIDS and Children; Policy Analysis, Advocacy and Partnerships for Children's Rights |
