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What is the Millennium Project?

The Millennium Project is an independent advisory body commissioned by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to recommend a global plan for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The Project is directed by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University and based at the headquarters of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New York.

The Millennium Project presented its findings to the Secretary-General in January 2005 and has been asked to continue in an advisory capacity through the end of 2006. The release of the Millennium Project’s report, “Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals,” was the first in a series of major global events focused on the Goals that will culminate at the 2005 UN World Summit in September. The year 2005 remains a historic opportunity to make the necessary global policy breakthrough needed to help the poorest countries achieve the Goals. The Millennium Project’s report provides a detailed blueprint for making this happen.