UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015 – September 25th to 27th
24.09.2015
2015 presents a historic and unprecedented opportunity to bring the countries and citizens of the world together to decide and embark on new paths to improve the lives of people everywhere. These decisions will determine the global course of action to end poverty, promote prosperity and well-being for all, protect the environment and address climate change. In September 2000, world leaders at the Millennium Summit issued the Millennium Declaration, calling for a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty.
Following this event, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were elaborated based on consultations among representatives of international institutions. The UN Secretary-General presented the MDGs to the UN General Assembly in 2001. UN Member States recommended the MDGs be used as a guide to implement the Millennium Declaration, and set a deadline of 2015 for their achievement. UN Member States have negotiated new global goals, known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will succeed the MDGs. The SDGs are contained in a framework referred to broadly as the post-2015 development agenda or, more recently, the 2030 agenda. UN General Assembly resolution 69/244, adopted on 29 December 2014, called for the UN Summit on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Sustainable Development Summit) to take place from 25-27 September 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York. A two-week round of intergovernmental negotiations in July succeeded in finalizing the agenda that heads of state and government will adopt at the September summit.
Over 100 Heads of State and Government will attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit. Leaders will make statements in plenary sessions over the three days, and six interactive dialogues will take place. The dialogues will focus on the themes of: ending poverty and hunger; tackling inequalities, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind; fostering sustainable economic growth, transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP); protecting our planet and combating climate change; building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions to achieve sustainable development; and a strengthened global partnership for achieving the post-2015 development agenda.
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Following this event, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were elaborated based on consultations among representatives of international institutions. The UN Secretary-General presented the MDGs to the UN General Assembly in 2001. UN Member States recommended the MDGs be used as a guide to implement the Millennium Declaration, and set a deadline of 2015 for their achievement. UN Member States have negotiated new global goals, known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will succeed the MDGs. The SDGs are contained in a framework referred to broadly as the post-2015 development agenda or, more recently, the 2030 agenda. UN General Assembly resolution 69/244, adopted on 29 December 2014, called for the UN Summit on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Sustainable Development Summit) to take place from 25-27 September 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York. A two-week round of intergovernmental negotiations in July succeeded in finalizing the agenda that heads of state and government will adopt at the September summit.
Over 100 Heads of State and Government will attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit. Leaders will make statements in plenary sessions over the three days, and six interactive dialogues will take place. The dialogues will focus on the themes of: ending poverty and hunger; tackling inequalities, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind; fostering sustainable economic growth, transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP); protecting our planet and combating climate change; building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions to achieve sustainable development; and a strengthened global partnership for achieving the post-2015 development agenda.
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