1. Millennium Development Goals
The United Nations member nations came together in 2000 and decided upon the development goals for the new millennium.
Some of the important goals are as follows:
To eliminate poverty and hunger.
To make the facilities of primary education available.
To bring about women’s empowerment, reduce infant mortality rate.
To take special care of the health of pregnant women.
To fight diseases like AIDS, malaria, etc.
To protect the environment and increase the cooperation between developed and developing countries.
2. International Criminal Court
(i) The International Criminal Court is an intergovernmental organisation and an international tribunal.
(ii) Its headquarters are at The Hague in the Netherlands.
(iii) The International Criminal Court has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes that are of concern to the international community.
