The Republic of Belarus Towards the Millennium Development Goals
Document type: Statistical data book
Registration No.: 26/647-p
Registration date: 07.09.2016
Organization: National Statistical Commettee of the Republic of Belarus (Belstat)
Periodicity: other
Language: Russian, English
Abstract:
The present publication has been prepared in order to assess the progress made by the Republic of Belarus in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) formulated in the Millennium Declaration.
The Millennium Declaration is a plan adopted at the Millennium Summit held on 6 to 8 September 2000 in New York the aim of which was declared as “to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level” by achieving eight development and poverty eradication goals by 2015.
The Republic of Belarus declared its commitment to achieving the following Millennium Development Goals:
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger;
- Achieve universal primary education;
- Promote gender equality and empower women;
- Reduce child mortality;
- Improve maternal health;
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;
- Ensure environmental sustainability.
An important step in creating the national system for MDGs monitoring was the development in 2007 of the national database of socioeconomic indicators BelarusInfo. These indicators describe the demographic situation and socioeconomic development of the country, its regions and Minsk city, and the state of children and women starting from 2000.
The present publication is prepared by the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus on the basis of the information contained in the BelarusInfo databas.
The size of the land area is provided according to data of the State Property Committe of the Republic of Belarus.
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