Progress is being made! Check out this article.
The UN Development Programme has a nice one-pager about the MDGs. From October 2010, it contains a description of the goals, their associated targets, challenges and stories about progress. Click here to download it.
The UN Development Programme webpage on the MDGs has both those basic facts and very detailed reports about the progress being made towards the goals.
One of the targets for Goal 7 has been met! This was to halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water. This article in the Guardian discusses the target and the remaining work to be done. Here is a link to the UN Report on drinking water.