This summary of Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region 2005 was prepared as a collaborative effort of United Nations agencies in the region on the occasion of the September 2005 World Summit and the sixtieth session of the General Assembly under the banner of UN ESCWA. It provides an overview of progress in the Arab region towards the stated aim of achieving the Goals by 2015 and highlights key challenges and issues. Data and analyses are presented by sub-region. The Mashreq countries, namely, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and the Syrian Arab Republic; the Maghreb countries, namely, Algeria, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco and Tunisia; the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; and the least-developed countries (LDCs), namely, Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, the Sudan and Yemen. In order to facilitate analysis, countries were grouped according to geographic proximity, similarity in resource endowment and the level of development.

The report documents the level as well as the recent trends for several of the MDG targets. The former is depicted in dot-diagrams, the latter in bar-diagrams.When reading the two in conjunction, it often appears
that the countries with lower levels of human development made the least progress during the 1990s; which means that the social and economic picture across the region has steadily grown less homogeneous. The gaps within and among countries will need to be narrowed in order to reach the MDG targets, improve people's everyday lives, strengthen human security and achieve sustainable human development.

The report is a joint undertaking by UNESCAP and UNDP culminating in an effort begun in October 2001. The report provides a region-wide assessment of the progress made and obstacle encountered in meeting the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific. With a focus on poverty reduction and related issues, the report explores the prospects for achieving the various targets contained in the MDGs by 2015 and examines the best practices that have contributed towards reducing poverty, combating HIV/AIDS, promoting environmental sustainability, and fosting international cooperation.

This report was prepared for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Brazilian
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)

Report prepared by UNICEF and UNDP at the request of the G-8 Personal Representatives on Africa. Report provides snap shot of where Africa is in achieving each of the MDGs, citing data from certain indicators in graphs and charts for each.

The purpose of this mapping is to provide a preliminary view of where the Central and Eastern African Sub-Regional Resource Facilities (CEA-SURF) countries are in regard to select Millennium Development Goals. Countries covered in this study include Burundi, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo DR, Congo PR, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, and Uganda The data and information contained in this mapping were obtained from different resources, including Human Development Reports, Social Watch Report and various other UN and World Bank publications, including websites.