Development Goals

U.N. Geneva, Page UNG-2009.1 (BL-2)

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In September 2000, after a meeting of U.N. diplomats and others, they agreed on Millennium Development Goals. These consisted of eight world development goals for the start of the new millennium, with the intention of reaching them by the year 2015:

• 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; and

• Develop a global partnership for development

The souvenir sheet on this album page was issued to commemorate the agreement and to remind world leaders and others to continue to work towards these goals.

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I’m glad the U.N. Post Office issued a stamp commemorating U Thant, the third Secretary General. He was a good leader and a kind man who deserves to be celebrated. There are a few stamps of Trygve Lie and Dag Hammarskjöld, the first and second Secretaries General, but there weren’t any of U Thant until this issue.

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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description	comment
1.1	✓	495	U Thant Centennial	1.30 (feb 2009) comm., multicolor

Endangered Species

2.1	✓	496	Large Blue	1 (apr 2009) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	497	Fen Raft Spider	1 (apr 2009) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	498	Greater Capricorn Beetle	1 (apr 2009) comm., multicolor
2.4	✓	499	Southern Damselfly	1 (apr 2009) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	505	Millennium Development Goals	8.8 (sep 2009) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

• Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).

• Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.

• Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.

• To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.

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