Showing posts with label Millennium Development Goals. Show all posts
Sep 27, 2015
UN adopts agreement on Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations on 25 September 2015 unanimously adopted an ambitious agreement on the outcome document New Sustainable Development Agenda for the next 15 years i.e. till 2030.
The document in this regard was adopted in 70th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and was announced by its President Mogens Lykketoft at the UN headquarters in New York.
Highlights
- The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets of the agenda demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what these did not achieve.
- It seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. This is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity.
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)