The United Nations Development Programme is the UN’s global development network. The organ serves as an advocate for change and a forum to connect countries to the knowledge, resources and experience necessary to enhance the lives of their citizens. Since the introduction of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, the UNDP has coordinated its efforts to cut poverty in half by 2015. Other priority areas include democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, the environment and energy, and HIV/AIDS.

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The question of aid and sustainable development
The implementation of domestic and international aid is an ever-present responsibility of states. However, with mounting and compounding environmental constraints the practice of aid distribution increasingly is focused on supporting sustainable development, so that the development meets both present and future needs. Delegates are encouraged to discuss and debate international aid and its role in sustainable development.

Statement on the progress of the millennium development goals
In 2000, the United Nations and all 193 member-states set targets to achieve eight global goals to fight global poverty and inequality. These goals and their specifications were deemed hallmarks of potential global development and are aimed at being achieved by 2015. This is an opportunity for Delegates to assess the progress and viability of the Millennium Development Goals.

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Official UNDP website.