UN Sustainable Development Agenda Adopted by 193 UN Member States
A sustainable development agenda, which charts a new era of sustainable development up to
2030, was adopted on Friday by 193
United Nations member states at the
UN Sustainable Development Summit in
New York.
The agenda, comprising 17 objectives, serves as a launch pad for action by the international community and by national governments to promote shared prosperity and well-being for all over the next 15 years.
"The true test of commitment of
Agenda 2030 will be implementation. We need action from everyone, everywhere.
Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals are our guide. They are a to-do list for people and planet and a blueprint for success," said
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the summit's opening ceremony at
UN headquarters.
The new goals supersede the eight
Millennium Develo
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