What are the UN Millennium Development
Goals and why are they so significant?
In the year 2000, at the Millennium Summit,
plans were made for all parts of the UN system to pool their combined
efforts toward achieving eight common goals to make the world a better
place by the year 2015. The unit's reading passage describes the
eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and plans for implementing
them.
The unit's structural
focus is the use of and its, and its writing task focuses on
writing to solicit support. The listening exercise continues
the unit's theme, showing how the Millennium Development Goal's commitment
to fostering development
even in the most remote regions of the world, is being carried out in the
nation of Bhutan. A comprehension exercise is also available. To begin the
unit, click on "Reading Passage" below |