Reaching Millennium Development Goals At the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, a consortium of 190 governments committed to achieving a set of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015: reduce extreme poverty by half, offer universal primary education, empower women, reduce maternal and infant mortality rates, reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, and ensure environmental sustainability by 2015. Now in its fifth year, the program is well underway. Take a look at the latest developments.