Bono is partnering with economist and fellow campaigner Jeffrey Sachs, with both of them writing a daily diary on throughout the week.
The two will report their thoughts, their meetings with world leaders and the progress of an event designed to give the UN a barometer of success for the MDGs at the halfway point towards the target date of 2015.
The MDGs are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges, drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 countries in 2000.
The eight goals are:
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
An excerpt from the blog reads: "Part of the continued interest is the understanding that the MDGs are not fantasies but practically achievable objectives. Measles deaths have been reduced by 91 per cent in Africa since 2000 through MDG-based initiatives."
The blog also includes a Q&A with Bono about the New York event and the state of global affairs.
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