MDGs in Sri Lanka
The Millennium Declaration marked a commitment by 189 nations at the September 2000 Summit at the UN General Assembly in New York, to take stock of the challenges to humanity in the new millennium. This declaration, one of the most significant agreements in the history of the United Nations, marks an unprecedented global commitment to provide basic human rights and a life with dignity, for people in the most underprivileged sections of society, while respecting and protecting the natural environment, by the year 2015. It outlined a road map that these nations pledged to follow in consensus by setting the Millennium Development Goals, each time-bound with 18 quantifiable targets which can be assessed by 48 indicators.

The Millennium Development Goals in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka National Campaign for Achieving the MDGs is spearheaded and administered by the Ministry of Finance & Planning, with the support of the UN Country Team and with direct implementation assistance by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The National Council for Economic Development (NCED) brings together stakeholders from the private and state sectors to develop economic policies and action plans.