Since the Platform for Action had set few measurable targets, efforts towards attaining the MDGs, expressed in terms of agreed global targets and indicators, offered an opportunity to insist on the fulfilment of commitments at the national level and on measuring advances and outcomes.

But then, a lot of people think there are things that should have been in the original package that weren't agreed back then that should now be included, like sustainable development targets, natural resource governance targets, access to opportunity, to knowledge, equity, fighting corruption.

Targets

Some participants identified the following potential targets (or elements for targets)

Nuclear Targets

Funding targets

Physical protection of potential terrorist targets

The Commission's thirteenth session, in 2005, should provide an opportunity for progress in those areas and help in particular to overcome the persisting obstacles to the attainment of the targets for water, sanitation and human settlements.

Beyond Inflation Targets

Smart Development Targets

International development targets

Objective and targets

Setting targets and establishing a conducive environment in which these targets can be reached

Europe s Pointless Deficit Targets?

Setting goals and targets

Its basic targets are

By separating out the high value targets, you implicitly discover the low value targets as well.

But low value targets for one ad or drug could be high value targets for another.

Within weeks of the start of combat operations, there was a lack of targets to strike as nearly all targets had been already destroyed.

Some areas have a low density of targets.

A key tool in attaining the targets of the Millennium Declaration, particularly the slum, water and sanitation targets, is south south cooperation.

The Commission can propose changes to targets, including mandatory targets, if member States cannot justify non compliance.

Thus, they become prime targets.

These walls were targets of graffiti artists as well.

Hrytsenko stressed that 100 of air targets were hit.

Paper is one of the main targets for recycling.

With regard to the protection of potential terrorist targets

Box 2. Samples of development targets reported by Parties

Replace symbolic links by their targets

Recommendations regarding achievable goals and targets

Targets and indicators should be set.

Promotion of equality of opportunity

Defense expenditures are proving to be the easiest of targets.

The customs office of Khorramshahr was among the first targets.

The dots are the number of targets in the area.

The Education Inspectorate monitors schools' pursuit of these attainment targets.

Sanctions are to be an individual form of punishment that targets persons and regimes, and not a form of collective punishment that targets an entire population or country.

The group now considers these legitimate targets.

These goals were underpinned by concrete targets.

Focus areas strategies, key results and targets

Resource implications, fund raising strategy and targets

Take advantage of every opportunity.

Returns of 20 on equity targets are a thing of the past.

The setting of such targets would be the responsibility of individual countries.

Given the size of currency markets, such targets almost always fail.