On 8 September 2000, following a three-day
Millennium Summit of world leaders gathered in New York at the headquarters of the
United Nations
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, the UN
General Assembly
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adopted some 60 goals regarding peace; development; environment; human rights; the vulnerable, hungry, and poor; Africa; and the United Nations which is called Millennium Declaration (Resolution 55/2). A follow-up outcome of the resolution was passed by the General Assembly on 14 December 2000 to guide its implementation. Progress on implementation of the Declaration was reviewed at the
2005 World Summit of leaders.
The Declaration includes 8 chapters and 32 paragraphs.
Chapters
The Millennium Declaration has eight chapters and key objectives, adopted by 189 world leaders during the summit: The Declaration, after the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, stresses the observance of
international human rights law
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and
international humanitarian law
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under the Principles of
United Nations Charter
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as well as the treaties on
sustainable development
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. The Declaration also urges observance of the
Olympic truce individually and collectively.
#Values and Principles
:*Freedom
:*Equality
:*Solidarity
:*Tolerance
:*Respect for nature - "Shown in the management of all living species and natural resources, in accordance with the precepts of sustainable development."
:*Shared responsibility
#
Peace
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, Security and Disarmament
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# Development and Poverty Eradication
# Protecting our Common Environment
#Human Rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...
, Democracy
Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation (" direct democracy"), or to choose g ...
and Good Governance
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#Protecting the Vulnerable
#Meeting the Special Needs of Africa
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#Strengthening the United Nations
See also
* Commission for Social Development
*United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...
* Millennium Summit
* 2005 World Summit
* International Human Solidarity Day
* Millennium Development Goals
* Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
*Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...
References
Bibliography
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United Nations General Assembly resolutions
2000 in the United Nations
Turn of the third millennium
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