In 2000, the Kingdom of Swaziland signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration and, in so doing, embraced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the challenge of achieving them by 2015. These inter-related and mutually-reinforcing goals centered on important development priorities pertaining to poverty eradication, education, gender equality, health, HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability and a global partnership for development. Their achievement will lead to a significant improvement in the welfare of the Swazi people and, a decade after the Declaration, the country remains fully committed to fulfilling this.