The village of Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands committed itself to the millennium goals.
2 October 2009,
representatives of the village
council
revealed the "Millennium Gemeente"
signs at the village borders.
With this the village wants to show that it commits itself to the millennium
goals set in 2000. DutchConnect member J.J. van Houwelingen was invited to
this event. The projects witch DutchConnect is handling at this moment are
directly helping to achieve the millennium goals.
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The
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be
achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main
development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions
and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration
that was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of
state and governments during the
UN Millennium Summit
in September 2000.In 2009 the Village
of Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands committed
itself to this millennium goals
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