Mennonite
Central
Committee

The Millennium Campaign

During the Millennium Summit in September 2000, government leaders met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to pledge their support to eight time-bound targets that "when achieved, will end extreme poverty across the planet". These targets are now known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The Millennium Campaign was created in October 2002 as a way to keep world leaders accountable to their Millennium Summit pledge through their citizens.

MCC has learned, over the years, that eradicating poverty is not only about providing knowledge or skills or even better seeds. It is also about transforming the economic structures and policies that keep people impoverished.

 

Ecumenical Working Group on the UN

Statement on the Millennium Development Goals

 

MCC endorses the following groups that are also a part of the Millennium Campaign:

Make Hunger History, US

Make Poverty History Campaign, Canada

Micah Challenge

ONE Campaign

 

For more information on the Millennium Campaign, visit the following web sites:

Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Campaign

Global Call to Action against Poverty