The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and ensure environmental sustainability through its work on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs were established based on commitments made in world summits in the 1990s and promote development targets focused on health, education, and income. UNDP supports national stakeholders and uses a 5-step process of engagement, assessment, response formulation, implementation, and evaluation to facilitate capacity development work within countries.