These targets, endorsed by all UN member countries, comprise the eight Millennium Development Goals. The Millennium Village Project, a partnership of academia, business, and UN agencies, aims to show how these goals can be achieved in even the poorest communities in the world.
2000年，全世界领导人承诺要在2015年实现大量消除贫困、饥饿和疾病的目标。这些目标将由联合国全体成员国共同支持，由8个迁徙发展计划目标（Millennium Development Goals）组成。由学术界、商界和联合国机构合作开展的千禧村计划致力于向人们展示如何在世界最贫困社区达到这些目标。