International Organizations
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The Millennium Development Goals are a UN initiative. The Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ) are eight international development goals that were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration .
Millennium Development Goals
ited Nations Millennium Development Goals
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty rates to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
United Nations
The United Nations ( UN ; French : Organisation des Nations unies , ONU ) is the world's largest, foremost, and most prominent international organization .Kofi Annan's final speech
Kofi Annan has delivered his final speech as United Nations Secretary General at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library in Independence, Missouri.
Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) ( Italian : Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans [ 3 ] to developing countries for capital programs . The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty . According to the World Bank's Articles of Agreement (as amended effective 16 February 1989), all of its decisions must be guided by a commitment to promote foreign investment , international trade , and facilitate capital investment. [ 4 ]
World Bank
The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) is an international organization that was initiated in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference and formally created in 1945 by 29 member countries. The IMF's stated goal was to stabilize exchange rates and assist the reconstruction of the world’s international payment system post- World War II . Countries contribute money to a pool through a quota system from which countries with payment imbalances can borrow funds temporarily.
International Monetary Fund
An intergovernmental organization , sometimes rendered as an international governmental organization and both abbreviated as IGO , is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states ), or of other intergovernmental organizations. Intergovernmental organizations are often called international organizations , although that term may also include international nongovernmental organization such as international nonprofit organizations or multinational corporations . Intergovernmental organizations are an important aspect of public international law .
Intergovernmental organization
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Civil society
The meaning of the term civil society is contested.Creation of a simple matrix with 4 entries: North or South actors, actors of the public sphere (State) and the private sphere (Market and civil society).