Bhutan

Bhutan’s Progress: Midway to the Millennium Development Goals

Bhutan along with other member states signed the UN Millennium Declaration in 2000 that outlined a shared vision for the new century based on the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, respect for nature and shared responsibility. The declaration focuses on overcoming critical development challenges facing humanity at the start of the millennium and formulates the required responses through the instrument of the MDGs.