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G. UN Millennium Declaration, 2000 and Millennium Development Goals, 2000.

2.10 UN Millennium Declaration (UN General Assembly, 2000) stresses the observance of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by urging observance of values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance; development and poverty eradication; peace, security and disarmament; human rights, democracy and good governance etc.

Following the adoption of UN Millennium Declaration, international development goals collectively termed as Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2000 which emphasized on investment in economic and social development were set with a target to be achieved by 2015. Some of the goals under MDGs affecting children are - to achieve universal primary education, to reduce child mortality, to improve maternal health, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.