The Millennium Development Goals

In 2000 The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has made the decision to contribute in a special way to actually achieving the MDG No. 4 and 5 on reducing child mortality and improving maternal health by 2015.

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in the UN General Assembly (Photo: Prime Minister's Office)

Developing countries must do more

In his statement to the UN high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg stressed that developing countries bear the main responsibility for reaching the Millennium Development Goals.

Prime Minister Stoltenberg gives an oral vaccine to a girl in a hostpital in India

GAVI alliance

More than 10 million children under the age of five die every year. One in four of these could be saved by vaccines that are already available, or that will be available in the near future. The Norwegian Government invests in childrens health and in th GAVI Alliance.

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Increasing access to life-saving commodities for women and children

[26.09.2012]

“More women are surviving childbirth and fewer children are dying before they reach the age of five. This is progress worth celebrating. However, many women and children whose lives could have been saved if they had had access to basic medicines are still dying. In the report of the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, we offer specific recommendations aimed at ensuring that women and children in poor countries have access to life-saving medicines,” said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister

Ban Ki-moon’s re-election is welcome

[06.06.2011]

“I welcome Ban Ki-moon’s announcement today that he will stand for re-election as United Nations Secretary-General. Ban Ki-moon has been and continues to be a close partner in areas that are of high priority for both Norway and the UN. We look forward to continuing and deepening the collaboration,” says Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

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