Sentence examples for millennium summit from inspiring English sources

The 2000 Millennium Summit proclaimed the improvement of maternal health as the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5).

Ten years on from the original adoption of the MDGs at the 2000 Millennium Summit, and despite remarkable progress in some countries, collectively we are falling short in their achievement.

At last year's Millennium Summit, Mr. Annan set ambitious goals for combatting poverty and disease.

He was in the thick of last year's millennium summit, with its arduous negotiations over where to hold meetings for some 150 heads of state.

Traffic Alert Foreign dignitaries are gathering this week for the Millennium Summit at the United Nations.

The heads of state and government at the Millennium Summit in 2000 had set forth a declaration that contained eight primary goals, called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), for eradicating extreme poverty and the conditions associated with it by 2015.

And so, on Saturday, just when New York is once again a Millennium Summit-free zone, the prince and princess will kick off their whirlwind five-day visit.

The Millennium Summit Declaration covers peace and security, environment, human rights and the Millennium Development Goals, most of which relate directly to children.

President Clinton clasped Fidel Castro's hand when their paths crossed at the United Nations Millennium Summit last week.

With Pakistan's ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, about to visit for the United Nations Millenniumm Summit next week, the AWOL bagpipers have engendered a string of denials and recriminations.

The United Nations Millennium Summit this week brings to New York City the largest gathering ever of world leaders to address the most serious of global afflictions.