4、etary-Ge neral'sSyn thesisReport whichstated that the age nda for the post-2015 SDG process would be basedon the OWG proposals.Backgro undUp to 2015, the developme nt age nda was cen tered on the Mille nniumestablishedfollowi ngDevelopmentGoals (MDGs), which were officiallytheMille ...
It is closely linked to other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as health, gender equality, peace and stability. Education long has been on the agenda for charities, U.N. agencies and businesses. We also have seen numerous corporate community investment program focused on education, not ...
At the UN in New York the Open Working Group created by the UN General Assembly proposed a set of global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which comprises 17 goals and 169 targets. Further to that, a preliminary set of 330 indicators was introduced in March 2015. Some SDGs build on prec...
Up to 2015, the development agenda was centered on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000. The MDGs encapsulated eight globally agreed goals in the areas of poverty alleviation, education, gender ...
The new sustainable development Agenda seeks to ensure that the momentum generated by the Millennium Development Goals is carried forward beyond 2015-to achieve sustainable reductions in poverty, hunger and other deprivations viz-a-viz a life of dignity to all. Building on the MDGs, the SDGs ...
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development that includes 17sustainable development goals(SDGs). The SDGs address global challenges including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and jus...
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim of eradicating poverty and promoting peace and prosperity for all on a healthy planet by 2030 (UN, 2015). While time is running out to ...
plan for people and planet Report of the Secretary-General (special edition) Summary The present report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 70/1, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. ...
development. • The Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals established in 2000 indicate that the global understanding of development has shifted to the balance of social equity, societal development and human rights, in particular, to human development as a priority area. Society ...
The predecessors to the SDGs, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that expired in 2015, mobilized attention on addressing the challenges of extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease10. The MDGs helped spur advances on many fronts. In health, the MDGs have been associated with a ...