About Us

The UN Millennium Campaign is an inter-UN agency initiative that was established by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2002. The Campaign works worldwide to support citizens’ efforts to hold their governments to account for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs were adopted by 189 world leaders from the north and south, as part of the Millennium Declaration which was signed in 2000.

The goals, which the leaders agreed to achieve by 2015, are: End Hunger, Universal Primary Education, Gender Equity, Child Health, Maternal Health, Combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases, Environmental Sustainability, and Develop a Global Partnership for Development. Our premise is simple: we are the first generation that can end poverty and we refuse to miss this opportunity.

In Asia and the Pacific, the Campaign works to increase public awareness of the MDGs through campaign and policy advocacy work. With an aim to accelerate the progress in key priority countries, the Campaign focuses on MDGs 1-7 in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines, and MDG 8 in Australia, Japan and Korea.  

The Campaign’s work focuses on MDGs 1-7 in Asia and the Pacific, and in developing partnerships with, and strengthening the capacities of six key constituencies to achieve the goals: civil society organizations, parliamentarians, local authorities, youth, media and the private sector.

The Campaign's global campaign against poverty, "Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals" is held every year on and around October 17th, the International Day for Eradication of Poverty. On October 16-18, 2009, join millions of people from around the world to Stand Up & Take Action to remind world leaders of their promise to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. 

In 2008 a record 116 million people participated in Stand Up and Take Action to achieve the MDGs, more than double the previous year's participation of 43.7 million people worldwide.

The 2008 Summary Report

In 2008, the UN Millennium Campaign continued to play a crucial role in promoting and advocating towards the achievement of the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific region. Activities were undertaken at various levels: local, national, regional and global. The Campaign’s support for national campaign activities and advocacy initiatives focused on marginalized and vulnerable groups and regions with a specific concentration on women’s empowerment, a sub-sect most likely to be at risk of poverty and social exclusion.

In connection to this objective, the Campaign continued to facilitate dialogues among key constituencies to influence policy and practice changes for a more balanced resource distribution and effective delivery of social services. The key objective of the campaign and advocacy work is to accelerate the implementation of the MDGs at the national and sub-national levels. Through this process, the Campaign helps to create the platform of poor and marginalized people to define their needs and priorities at different levels. By and large, their collective voices give more strength to their demands and gain the attention of policy makers and the wider public. Read more....