The Millennium Development Goals were established as part of which framework?

• A. Road Map
• B. 13th General Programme of Work
• C. Sustainable Development Goals
• D. Millennium Declaration

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is where the Millennium Development Goals originated. The MDGs were created from the commitments laid out in the Millennium Declaration, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000. That declaration set forth bold promises to reduce poverty, improve health and education, promote gender equality, protect the environment, and strengthen global partnerships. From that declaration came the eight MDGs, with specific targets and a deadline of 2015. A Road Map can describe planning or steps to achieve the goals, but it is not the framework that gave birth to the MDGs themselves. The Sustainable Development Goals came later as a new framework after the MDGs, and the 13th General Programme of Work relates to WHO planning, not the MDGs.