UNITED NATIONS
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development
Preamble
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and
prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We
recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including
extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable
requirement for sustainable development.
All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative
partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race
from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are
determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed
to shift the world on to a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this
collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which
we are announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal
Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what
they did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to
achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are
integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable
development: the economic, social and environmental.
The Goals and targets will stimulate action over the next
15 years in areas of critical importance for humanity and the planet.
People
We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their
forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their
potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.
Planet
We are determined to protect the planet from degradation,
including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing
its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can
support the needs of the present and future generations.
Prosperity
We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy
prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological
progress occurs in harmony with nature.
Peace
We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive
societies which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable
development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.
Partnership
We are determined to mobilize the means required to
implement this Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable
Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focused in
particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the
participation of all countries, all stakeholders and all people.
The interlinkages and integrated nature of the Sustainable
Development Goals are of crucial importance in ensuring that the purpose of the
new Agenda is realized. If we realize our ambitions across the full extent of
the Agenda, the lives of all will be profoundly improved and our world will be
transformed for the better.
Declaration
Introduction
1. We, the Heads of State and Government and High
Representatives, meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 25 to
27 September 2015 as the Organization celebrates its seventieth anniversary,
have decided today on new global Sustainable Development Goals.
2. On behalf of the peoples we serve, we have adopted a
historic decision on a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of
universal and transformative Goals and targets. We commit ourselves to working
tirelessly for the full implementation of this Agenda by 2030. We recognize that
eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty,
is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for
sustainable development. We are committed to achieving sustainable development
in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and
integrated manner. We will also build upon the achievements of the Millennium
Development Goals and seek to address their unfinished business.
3. We resolve, between now and 2030, to end poverty and
hunger everywhere; to combat inequalities within and among countries; to build
peaceful, just and inclusive societies; to protect human rights and promote
gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls; and to ensure the
lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources. We resolve also to
create conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth,
shared prosperity and decent work for all, taking into account different levels
of national development and capacities.
4. As we embark on this great collective journey, we pledge
that no one will be left behind. Recognizing that the dignity of the human
person is fundamental, we wish to see the Goals and targets met for all nations
and peoples and for all segments of society. And we will endeavour to reach the
furthest behind first.
5. This is an Agenda of unprecedented scope and
significance. It is accepted by all countries and is applicable to all, taking
into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development
and respecting national policies and priorities. These are universal goals and
targets which involve the entire world, developed and developing countries
alike. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of
sustainable development.
6. The Goals and targets are the result of over two years
of intensive public consultation and engagement with civil society and other
stakeholders around the world, which paid particular attention to the voices of
the poorest and most vulnerable. This consultation included valuable work done
by the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development
Goals and by the United Nations, whose Secretary-General provided a synthesis
report in December 2014.
Our vision
7. In these Goals and targets, we are setting out a
supremely ambitious and transformational vision. We envisage a world free of
poverty, hunger, disease and want, where all life can thrive. We envisage a
world free of fear and violence. A world with universal literacy. A world with
equitable and universal access to quality education at all levels, to health
care and social protection, where physical, mental and social well-being are
assured. A world where we reaffirm our commitments regarding the human right to
safe drinking water and sanitation and where there is improved hygiene; and
where food is sufficient, safe, affordable and nutritious. A world where human
habitats are safe, resilient and sustainable and where there is universal access
to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy.
8. We envisage a world of universal respect for human
rights and human dignity, the rule of law, justice, equality and
non-discrimination; of respect for race, ethnicity and cultural diversity; and
of equal opportunity permitting the full realization of human potential and
contributing to shared prosperity. A world which invests in its children and in
which every child grows up free from violence and exploitation. A world in which
every woman and girl enjoys full gender equality and all legal, social and
economic barriers to their empowerment have been removed. A just, equitable,
tolerant, open and socially inclusive world in which the needs of the most
vulnerable are met.
9. We envisage a world in which every country enjoys
sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and decent work for all. A
world in which consumption and production patterns and use of all natural
resources — from air to land, from rivers, lakes and aquifers to oceans and seas
— are sustainable. One in which democracy, good governance and the rule of law,
as well as an enabling environment at national and international levels, are
essential for sustainable development, including sustained and inclusive
economic growth, social development, environmental protection and the
eradication of poverty and hunger. One in which development and the application
of technology are climate-sensitive, respect biodiversity and are resilient. One
in which humanity lives in harmony with nature and in which wildlife and other
living species are protected.
Our shared principles and commitments
10. The new Agenda is guided by the purposes and principles
of the Charter of the United Nations, including full respect for international
law. It is grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, international
human rights treaties, the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit
Outcome. It is informed by other instruments such as the Declaration on the
Right to Development.
11. We reaffirm the outcomes of all major United Nations
conferences and summits which have laid a solid foundation for sustainable
development and have helped to shape the new Agenda. These include the Rio
Declaration on Environment and Development, the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, the World Summit for Social Development, the Programme of Action of
the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Platform
for Action and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. We also
reaffirm the follow-up to these conferences, including the outcomes of the
Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the third
International Conference on Small Island Developing States, the second United
Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries and the Third United
Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
12. We reaffirm all the principles of the Rio Declaration
on Environment and Development, including, inter alia, the principle of common
but differentiated responsibilities, as set out in principle 7 thereof.
13. The challenges and commitments identified at these
major conferences and summits are interrelated and call for integrated
solutions. To address them effectively, a new approach is needed. Sustainable
development recognizes that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions,
combating inequality within and among countries, preserving the planet, creating
sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and fostering social
inclusion are linked to each other and are interdependent.
Our world today
14. We are meeting at a time of immense challenges to
sustainable development. Billions of our citizens continue to live in poverty
and are denied a life of dignity. There are rising inequalities within and among
countries. There are enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth and power.
Gender inequality remains a key challenge. Unemployment, particularly youth
unemployment, is a major concern. Global health threats, more frequent and
intense natural disasters, spiralling conflict, violent extremism, terrorism and
related humanitarian crises and forced displacement of people threaten to
reverse much of the development progress made in recent decades. Natural
resource depletion and adverse impacts of environmental degradation, including
desertification, drought, land degradation, freshwater scarcity and loss of
biodiversity, add to and exacerbate the list of challenges which humanity faces.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and its adverse
impacts undermine the ability of all countries to achieve sustainable
development. Increases in global temperature, sea level rise, ocean
acidification and other climate change impacts are seriously affecting coastal
areas and low-lying coastal countries, including many least developed countries
and small island developing States. The survival of many societies, and of the
biological support systems of the planet, is at risk.
15. It is also, however, a time of immense opportunity.
Significant progress has been made in meeting many development challenges.
Within the past generation, hundreds of millions of people have emerged from
extreme poverty. Access to education has greatly increased for both boys and
girls. The spread of information and communications technology and global
interconnectedness has great potential to accelerate human progress, to bridge
the digital divide and to develop knowledge societies, as does scientific and
technological innovation across areas as diverse as medicine and energy.
16. Almost 15 years ago, the Millennium Development Goals
were agreed. These provided an important framework for development and
significant progress has been made in a number of areas. But the progress has
been uneven, particularly in Africa, least developed countries, landlocked
developing countries and small island developing States, and some of the
Millennium Development Goals remain off-track, in particular those related to
maternal, newborn and child health and to reproductive health. We recommit
ourselves to the full realization of all the Millennium Development Goals,
including the off-track Millennium Development Goals, in particular by providing
focused and scaled-up assistance to least developed countries and other
countries in special situations, in line with relevant support programmes. The
new Agenda builds on the Millennium Development Goals and seeks to complete what
these did not achieve, particularly in reaching the most vulnerable.
17. In its scope, however, the framework we are announcing
today goes far beyond the Millennium Development Goals. Alongside continuing
development priorities such as poverty eradication, health, education and food
security and nutrition, it sets out a wide range of economic, social and
environmental objectives. It also promises more peaceful and inclusive
societies. It also, crucially, defines means of implementation. Reflecting the
integrated approach that we have decided on, there are deep interconnections and
many cross-cutting elements across the new Goals and targets.
The new Agenda
18. We are announcing today 17 Sustainable Development
Goals with 169 associated targets which are integrated and indivisible. Never
before have world leaders pledged common action and endeavour across such a
broad and universal policy agenda. We are setting out together on the path
towards sustainable development, devoting ourselves collectively to the pursuit
of global development and of “win-win” cooperation which can bring huge gains to
all countries and all parts of the world. We reaffirm that every State has, and
shall freely exercise, full permanent sovereignty over all its wealth, natural
resources and economic activity. We will implement the Agenda for the full
benefit of all, for today’s generation and for future generations. In doing so,
we reaffirm our commitment to international law and emphasize that the Agenda is
to be implemented in a manner that is consistent with the rights and obligations
of States under international law.
19. We reaffirm the importance of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, as well as other international instruments relating to human
rights and international law. We emphasize the responsibilities of all States,
in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, to respect, protect and
promote human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of
any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability or other status.
20. Realizing gender equality and the empowerment of women
and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress across all the Goals and
targets. The achievement of full human potential and of sustainable development
is not possible if one half of humanity continues to be denied its full human
rights and opportunities. Women and girls must enjoy equal access to quality
education, economic resources and political participation as well as equal
opportunities with men and boys for employment, leadership and decision-making
at all levels. We will work for a significant increase in investments to close
the gender gap and strengthen support for institutions in relation to gender
equality and the empowerment of women at the global, regional and national
levels. All forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls will be
eliminated, including through the engagement of men and boys. The systematic
mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the implementation of the Agenda is
crucial.
21. The new Goals and targets will come into effect on 1
January 2016 and will guide the decisions we take over the next 15 years. All of
us will work to implement the Agenda within our own countries and at the
regional and global levels, taking into account different national realities,
capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and
priorities. We will respect national policy space for sustained, inclusive and
sustainable economic growth, in particular for developing States, while
remaining consistent with relevant international rules and commitments. We
acknowledge also the importance of the regional and subregional dimensions,
regional economic integration and interconnectivity in sustainable development.
Regional and subregional frameworks can facilitate the effective translation of
sustainable development policies into concrete action at the national level.
22. Each country faces specific challenges in its pursuit
of sustainable development. The most vulnerable countries and, in particular,
African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries
and small island developing States deserve special attention, as do countries in
situations of conflict and post-conflict countries. There are also serious
challenges within many middle-income countries.
23. People who are vulnerable must be empowered. Those
whose needs are reflected in the Agenda include all children, youth, persons
with disabilities (of whom more than 80 per cent live in poverty), people living
with HIV/AIDS, older persons, indigenous peoples, refugees and internally
displaced persons and migrants. We resolve to take further effective measures
and actions, in conformity with international law, to remove obstacles and
constraints, strengthen support and meet the special needs of people living in
areas affected by complex humanitarian emergencies and in areas affected by
terrorism.
24. We are committed to ending poverty in all its forms and
dimensions, including by eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. All people must
enjoy a basic standard of living, including through social protection systems.
We are also determined to end hunger and to achieve food security as a matter of
priority and to end all forms of malnutrition. In this regard, we reaffirm the
important role and inclusive nature of the Committee on World Food Security and
welcome the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action. We will
devote resources to developing rural areas and sustainable agriculture and
fisheries, supporting smallholder farmers, especially women farmers, herders and
fishers in developing countries, particularly least developed countries.
25. We commit to providing inclusive and equitable quality
education at all
levels — early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary,
technical and vocational training. All people, irrespective of sex, age, race or
ethnicity, and persons with disabilities, migrants, indigenous peoples, children
and youth, especially those in vulnerable situations, should have access to
life-long learning opportunities that help them to acquire the knowledge and
skills needed to exploit opportunities and to participate fully in society. We
will strive to provide children and youth with a nurturing environment for the
full realization of their rights and capabilities, helping our countries to reap
the demographic dividend including through safe schools and cohesive communities
and families.
26. To promote physical and mental health and well-being,
and to extend life expectancy for all, we must achieve universal health coverage
and access to quality health care. No one must be left behind. We commit to
accelerating the progress made to date in reducing newborn, child and maternal
mortality by ending all such preventable deaths before 2030. We are committed to
ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services,
including for family planning, information and education. We will equally
accelerate the pace of progress made in fighting malaria, HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis, hepatitis Ebola and other communicable diseases and
epidemics, including by addressing growing anti-microbial resistance and the
problem of unattended diseases affecting developing countries. We are committed
to the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, including
behavioural, developmental and neurological disorders, which constitute a major
challenge for sustainable development.
27. We will seek to build strong economic foundations for
all our countries. Sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth is
essential for prosperity. This will only be possible if wealth is shared and
income inequality is addressed. We will work to build dynamic, sustainable,
innovative and people-centred economies, promoting youth employment and women’s
economic empowerment, in particular, and decent work for all. We will eradicate
forced labour and human trafficking and end child labour in all its forms. All
countries stand to benefit from having a healthy and well-educated workforce
with the knowledge and skills needed for productive and fulfilling work and full
participation in society. We will strengthen the productive capacities of least
developed countries in all sectors, including through structural transformation.
We will adopt policies which increase productive capacities, productivity and
productive employment; financial inclusion; sustainable agriculture, pastoralist
and fisheries development; sustainable industrial development; universal access
to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy services; sustainable
transport systems; and quality and resilient infrastructure.
28. We commit to making fundamental changes in the way that
our societies produce and consume goods and services. Governments, international
organizations, the business sector and other non-State actors and individuals
must contribute to changing unsustainable consumption and production patterns,
including through the mobilization, from all sources, of financial and technical
assistance to strengthen developing countries’ scientific, technological and
innovative capacities to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption
and production. We encourage the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of
Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns. All countries
take action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the
development and capabilities of developing countries.
29. We recognize the positive contribution of migrants for
inclusive growth and sustainable development. We also recognize that
international migration is a multidimensional reality of major relevance for the
development of countries of origin, transit and destination, which requires
coherent and comprehensive responses. We will cooperate internationally to
ensure safe, orderly and regular migration involving full respect for human
rights and the humane treatment of migrants regardless of migration status, of
refugees and of displaced persons. Such cooperation should also strengthen the
resilience of communities hosting refugees, particularly in developing
countries. We underline the right of migrants to return to their country of
citizenship, and recall that States must ensure that their returning nationals
are duly received.
30. States are strongly urged to refrain from promulgating
and applying any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in
accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations that
impede the full achievement of economic and social development, particularly in
developing countries.
31. We acknowledge that the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental
forum for negotiating the global response to climate change. We are determined
to address decisively the threat posed by climate change and environmental
degradation. The global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible
international cooperation aimed at accelerating the reduction of global
greenhouse gas emissions and addressing adaptation to the adverse impacts of
climate change. We note with grave concern the significant gap between the
aggregate effect of parties’ mitigation pledges in terms of global annual
emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 and aggregate emission pathways consistent
with having a likely chance of holding the increase in global average
temperature below 2 °C or 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
32. Looking ahead to the twenty-first session of the
Conference of the Parties in Paris, we underscore the commitment of all States
to work for an ambitious and universal climate agreement. We reaffirm that the
protocol, another legal instrument or agreed outcome with legal force under the
Convention applicable to all parties shall address in a balanced manner, inter
alia, mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology development and transfer and
capacity-building; and transparency of action and support.
33. We recognize that social and economic development
depends on the sustainable management of our planet’s natural resources. We are
therefore determined to conserve and sustainably use oceans and seas, freshwater
resources, as well as forests, mountains and drylands and to protect
biodiversity, ecosystems and wildlife. We are also determined to promote
sustainable tourism, to tackle water scarcity and water pollution, to strengthen
cooperation on desertification, dust storms, land degradation and drought and to
promote resilience and disaster risk reduction. In this regard, we look forward
to thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity to be held in Mexico.
34. We recognize that sustainable urban development and
management are crucial to the quality of life of our people. We will work with
local authorities and communities to renew and plan our cities and human
settlements so as to foster community cohesion and personal security and to
stimulate innovation and employment. We will reduce the negative impacts of
urban activities and of chemicals which are hazardous for human health and the
environment, including through the environmentally sound management and safe use
of chemicals, the reduction and recycling of waste and the more efficient use of
water and energy. And we will work to minimize the impact of cities on the
global climate system. We will also take account of population trends and
projections in our national rural and urban development strategies and policies.
We look forward to the upcoming United Nations Conference on Housing and
Sustainable Urban Development to be held in Quito.
35. Sustainable development cannot be realized without
peace and security; and peace and security will be at risk without sustainable
development. The new Agenda recognizes the need to build peaceful, just and
inclusive societies that provide equal access to justice and that are based on
respect for human rights (including the right to development), on effective rule
of law and good governance at all levels and on transparent, effective and
accountable institutions. Factors which give rise to violence, insecurity and
injustice, such as inequality, corruption, poor governance and illicit financial
and arms flows, are addressed in the Agenda. We must redouble our efforts to
resolve or prevent conflict and to support post-conflict countries, including
through ensuring that women have a role in peacebuilding and State-building. We
call for further effective measures and actions to be taken, in conformity with
international law, to remove the obstacles to the full realization of the right
of self-determination of peoples living under colonial and foreign occupation,
which continue to adversely affect their economic and social development as well
as their environment.
36. We pledge to foster intercultural understanding,
tolerance, mutual respect and an ethic of global citizenship and shared
responsibility. We acknowledge the natural and cultural diversity of the world
and recognize that all cultures and civilizations can contribute to, and are
crucial enablers of, sustainable development.
37. Sport is also an important enabler of sustainable
development. We recognize the growing contribution of sport to the realization
of development and peace in its promotion of tolerance and respect and the
contributions it makes to the empowerment of women and of young people,
individuals and communities as well as to health, education and social inclusion
objectives.
38. We reaffirm, in accordance with the Charter of the
United Nations, the need to respect the territorial integrity and political
independence of States.
Means of implementation
39. The scale and ambition of the new Agenda requires a
revitalized Global Partnership to ensure its implementation. We fully commit to
this. This Partnership will work in a spirit of global solidarity, in particular
solidarity with the poorest and with people in vulnerable situations. It will
facilitate an intensive global engagement in support of implementation of all
the Goals and targets, bringing together Governments, the private sector, civil
society, the United Nations system and other actors and mobilizing all available
resources.
40. The means of implementation targets under Goal 17 and
under each Sustainable Development Goal are key to realizing our Agenda and are
of equal importance with the other Goals and targets. The Agenda, including the
Sustainable Development Goals, can be met within the framework of a revitalized
Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, supported by the concrete
policies and actions as outlined in the outcome document of the Third
International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa from
13 to 16 July 2015. We welcome the endorsement by the General Assembly of the
Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development. We recognize that the full implementation of the Addis
Ababa Action Agenda is critical for the realization of the Sustainable
Development Goals and targets.
41. We recognize that each country has primary
responsibility for its own economic and social development. The new Agenda deals
with the means required for implementation of the Goals and targets. We
recognize that these will include the mobilization of financial resources as
well as capacity-building and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies
to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and
preferential terms, as mutually agreed. Public finance, both domestic and
international, will play a vital role in providing essential services and public
goods and in catalysing other sources of finance. We acknowledge the role of the
diverse private sector, ranging from micro-enterprises to cooperatives to
multinationals, and that of civil society organizations and philanthropic
organizations in the implementation of the new Agenda.
42. We support the implementation of relevant strategies
and programmes of action, including the Istanbul Declaration and Programme of
Action, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Vienna
Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade
2014-2024, and reaffirm the importance of supporting the African Union’s Agenda
2063 and the programme of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, all of
which are integral to the new Agenda. We recognize the major challenge to the
achievement of durable peace and sustainable development in countries in
conflict and post-conflict situations.
43. We emphasize that international public finance plays an
important role in complementing the efforts of countries to mobilize public
resources domestically, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable countries
with limited domestic resources. An important use of international public
finance, including official development assistance (ODA), is to catalyse
additional resource mobilization from other sources, public and private. ODA
providers reaffirm their respective commitments, including the commitment by
many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national
income for official development assistance (ODA/GNI) to developing countries and
0.15 per cent to 0.2 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries.
44. We acknowledge the importance for international
financial institutions to support, in line with their mandates, the policy space
of each country, in particular developing countries. We recommit to broadening
and strengthening the voice and participation of developing countries —
including African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing
countries, small island developing States and middle-income countries — in
international economic decision-making, norm-setting and global economic
governance.
45. We acknowledge also the essential role of national
parliaments through their enactment of legislation and adoption of budgets and
their role in ensuring accountability for the effective implementation of our
commitments. Governments and public institutions will also work closely on
implementation with regional and local authorities, subregional institutions,
international institutions, academia, philanthropic organizations, volunteer
groups and others.
46. We underline the important role and comparative
advantage of an adequately resourced, relevant, coherent, efficient and
effective United Nations system in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals and sustainable development. While stressing the importance of
strengthened national ownership and leadership at the country level, we express
our support for the ongoing dialogue in the Economic and Social Council on the
longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system in the context
of this Agenda.
Follow-up and review
47. Our Governments have the primary responsibility for
follow-up and review, at the national, regional and global levels, in relation
to the progress made in implementing the Goals and targets over the coming 15
years. To support accountability to our citizens, we will provide for systematic
follow-up and review at the various levels, as set out in this Agenda and the
Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The high-level political forum under the auspices of
the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council will have the central
role in overseeing follow-up and review at the global level.
48. Indicators are being developed to assist this work.
Quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data will be needed to
help with the measurement of progress and to ensure that no one is left behind.
Such data is key to decision-making. Data and information from existing
reporting mechanisms should be used where possible. We agree to intensify our
efforts to strengthen statistical capacities in developing countries,
particularly African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing
countries, small island developing States and middle-income countries. We are
committed to developing broader measures of progress to complement gross
domestic product.
A call for action to change our world
49. Seventy years ago, an earlier generation of world
leaders came together to create the United Nations. From the ashes of war and
division they fashioned this Organization and the values of peace, dialogue and
international cooperation which underpin it. The supreme embodiment of those
values is the Charter of the United Nations.
50. Today we are also taking a decision of great historic
significance. We resolve to build a better future for all people, including the
millions who have been denied the chance to lead decent, dignified and rewarding
lives and to achieve their full human potential. We can be the first generation
to succeed in ending poverty; just as we may be the last to have a chance of
saving the planet. The world will be a better place in 2030 if we succeed in our
objectives.
51. What we are announcing today — an Agenda for global
action for the next 15 years — is a charter for people and planet in the
twenty-first century. Children and young women and men are critical agents of
change and will find in the new Goals a platform to channel their infinite
capacities for activism into the creation of a better world.
52. “We the peoples” are the celebrated opening words of
the Charter of the United Nations. It is “we the peoples” who are embarking
today on the road to 2030. Our journey will involve Governments as well as
parliaments, the United Nations system and other international institutions,
local authorities, indigenous peoples, civil society, business and the private
sector, the scientific and academic community — and all people. Millions have
already engaged with, and will own, this Agenda. It is an Agenda of the people,
by the people, and for the people — and this, we believe, will ensure its
success.
53. The future of humanity and of our planet lies in our
hands. It lies also in the hands of today’s younger generation who will pass the
torch to future generations. We have mapped the road to sustainable development;
it will be for all of us to ensure that the journey is successful and its gains
irreversible.
Sustainable Development Goals and targets
54. Following an inclusive process of intergovernmental
negotiations, and based on the proposal of the Open Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals, which includes a chapeau contextualizing the latter, set out
below are the Goals and targets which we have agreed.
55. The Sustainable Development Goals and targets are
integrated and indivisible, global in nature and universally applicable, taking
into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development
and respecting national policies and priorities. Targets are defined as
aspirational and global, with each Government setting its own national targets
guided by the global level of ambition but taking into account national
circumstances. Each Government will also decide how these aspirational and
global targets should be incorporated into national planning processes, policies
and strategies. It is important to recognize the link between sustainable
development and other relevant ongoing processes in the economic, social and
environmental fields.
56. In deciding upon these Goals and targets, we recognize
that each country faces specific challenges to achieve sustainable development,
and we underscore the special challenges facing the most vulnerable countries
and, in particular, African countries, least developed countries, landlocked
developing countries and small island developing States, as well as the specific
challenges facing the middle-income countries. Countries in situations of
conflict also need special attention.
57. We recognize that baseline data for several of the
targets remains unavailable, and we call for increased support for strengthening
data collection and capacity-building in Member States, to develop national and
global baselines where they do not yet exist. We commit to addressing this gap
in data collection so as to better inform the measurement of progress, in
particular for those targets below which do not have clear numerical targets.
58. We encourage ongoing efforts by States in other forums
to address key issues which pose potential challenges to the implementation of
our Agenda, and we respect the independent mandates of those processes. We
intend that the Agenda and its implementation would support, and be without
prejudice to, those other processes and the decisions taken therein.
59. We recognize that there are different approaches,
visions, models and tools available to each country, in accordance with its
national circumstances and priorities, to achieve sustainable development; and
we reaffirm that planet Earth and its ecosystems are our common home and that
“Mother Earth” is a common expression in a number of countries and regions.
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved
nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
at all ages
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and
girls
Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of
water and sanitation for all
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable
and modern energy for all
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive
and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable
Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns
Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and
its impacts*
Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and
marine resources for sustainable development
Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and
halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective,
accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
* Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental
forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people
everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men,
women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according
to national definitions
1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social protection
systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial
coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular
the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as
access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of
property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and
financial services, including microfinance
1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in
vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to
climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental
shocks and disasters
1.a Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a
variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order
to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in
particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to
end poverty in all its dimensions
1.b Create sound policy frameworks at the national,
regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive
development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication
actions
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved
nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in
particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to
safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including
achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting
in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of
adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and
incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples,
family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal
access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial
services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and
implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and
production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for
adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other
disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
2.5 By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds,
cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild
species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks
at the national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and
fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic
resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed
2.a Increase investment, including through enhanced
international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and
extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in
order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in
particular least developed countries
2.b Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions
in world agricultural markets, including through the parallel elimination of all
forms of agricultural export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent
effect, in accordance with the mandate of the Doha Development Round
2.c Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food
commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market
information, including on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food
price volatility
Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
at all ages
3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to
less than 70 per 100,000 live births
3.2 By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and
children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal
mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality
to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births
3.3 By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis,
malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne
diseases and other communicable diseases
3.4 By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from
non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental
health and well-being
3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance
abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
3.6 By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries
from road traffic accidents
3.7 By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and
reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information
and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national
strategies and programmes
3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial
risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to
safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and
illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and
contamination
3.a Strengthen the implementation of the World Health
Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as
appropriate
3.b Support the research and development of vaccines and
medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily
affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines
and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and
Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the
full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in
particular, provide access to medicines for all
3.c Substantially increase health financing and the
recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in
developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island
developing States
3.d Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular
developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of
national and global health risks
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free,
equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and
effective learning outcomes
4.2 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to
quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they
are ready for primary education
4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to
affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including
university
4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and
adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for
employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and
ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the
vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children
in vulnerable situations
4.6 By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial
proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge
and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others,
through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human
rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence,
global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s
contribution to sustainable development
4.a Build and upgrade education facilities that are child,
disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and
effective learning environments for all
4.b By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of
scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed
countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment
in higher education, including vocational training and information and
communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in
developed countries and other developing countries
4.c By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified
teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in
developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island
developing States
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and
girls
5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and
girls everywhere
5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and
girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and
other types of exploitation
5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early
and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work
through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection
policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the
family as nationally appropriate
5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and
equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in
political, economic and public life
5.6 Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive
health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the
Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review
conferences
5.a Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to
economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and
other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources,
in accordance with national laws
5.b Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular
information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable
legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all
women and girls at all levels
Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of
water and sanitation for all
6.1 By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe
and affordable drinking water for all
6.2 By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable
sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention
to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.3 By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution,
eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials,
halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing
recycling and safe reuse globally
6.4 By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency
across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater
to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people
suffering from water scarcity
6.5 By 2030, implement integrated water resources
management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as
appropriate
6.6 By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems,
including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
6.a By 2030, expand international cooperation and
capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and
sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting,
desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse
technologies
6.b Support and strengthen the participation of local
communities in improving water and sanitation management
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable
and modern energy for all
7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable,
reliable and modern energy services
7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable
energy in the global energy mix
7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in
energy efficiency
7.a By 2030, enhance international cooperation to
facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable
energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and
promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology
7.b By 2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology
for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing
countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing
States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their respective
programmes of support
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with
national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic
product growth per annum in the least developed countries
8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through
diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a
focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support
productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and
innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and
medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services
8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource
efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic
growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework
of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed
countries taking the lead
8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and
decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with
disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth
not in employment, education or training
8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate
forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the
prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including
recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its
forms
8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure
working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular
women migrants, and those in precarious employment
8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote
sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
8.10 Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial
institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial
services for all
8.a Increase Aid for Trade support for developing
countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the
Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least
Developed Countries
8.b By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy
for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International
Labour Organization
Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive
and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
9.1 Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient
infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support
economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and
equitable access for all
9.2 Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization
and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross
domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in
least developed countries
9.3 Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other
enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services,
including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets
9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries
to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater
adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial
processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective
capabilities
9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological
capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing
countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially
increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people
and public and private research and development spending
9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure
development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological
and technical support to African countries, least developed countries,
landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
9.b Support domestic technology development, research and
innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy
environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to
commodities
9.c Significantly increase access to information and
communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access
to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
10.1 By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income
growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the
national average
10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and
political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race,
ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
10.3 Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of
outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices
and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
10.4 Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social
protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality
10.5 Improve the regulation and monitoring of global
financial markets and institutions and strengthen the implementation of such
regulations
10.6 Ensure enhanced representation and voice for
developing countries in decision-making in global international economic and
financial institutions in order to deliver more effective, credible, accountable
and legitimate institutions
10.7 Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible
migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of
planned and well-managed migration policies
10.a Implement the principle of special and differential
treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in
accordance with World Trade Organization agreements
10.b Encourage official development assistance and
financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to States where the need
is greatest, in particular least developed countries, African countries, small
island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with
their national plans and programmes
10.c By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the
transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with
costs higher than 5 per cent
Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable
11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and
affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.2 By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable,
accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety,
notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of
those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and
older persons
11.3 By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable
urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human
settlement planning and management in all countries
11.4 Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the
world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.5 By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and
the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic
losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including
water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in
vulnerable situations
11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental
impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and
municipal and other waste management
11.7 By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive
and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children,
older persons and persons with disabilities
11.a Support positive economic, social and environmental
links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and
regional development planning
11.b By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities
and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans
towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate
change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk
management at all levels
11.c Support least developed countries, including through
financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient
buildings utilizing local materials
Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns
12.1 Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on
Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action,
with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development
and capabilities of developing countries
12.2 By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and
efficient use of natural resources
12.3 By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the
retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply
chains, including post-harvest losses
12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management
of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with
agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air,
water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and
the environment
12.5 By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through
prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and
transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate
sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.7 Promote public procurement practices that are
sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.8 By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the
relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in
harmony with nature
12.a Support developing countries to strengthen their
scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns
of consumption and production
12.b Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable
development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local
culture and products
12.c Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that
encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance
with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out
those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental
impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of
developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their
development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
* Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental
forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.
Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and
its impacts*
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to
climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national
policies, strategies and planning
13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and
institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact
reduction and early warning
13.a Implement the commitment undertaken by
developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all
sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of
meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully
operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as
possible
13.b Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective
climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and
small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and
marginalized communities
Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and
marine resources for sustainable development
14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine
pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including
marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and
coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by
strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order
to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.3 Minimize and address the impacts of ocean
acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.4 By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end
overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing
practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish
stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce
maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.5 By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and
marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the
best available scientific information
14.6 By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies
which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that
contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from
introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective
special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries
should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies
negotiation
14.7 By 2030, increase the economic benefits to small
island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use
of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries,
aquaculture and tourism
14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop research
capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the
Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance
the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing
countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed
countries
14.b Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to
marine resources and markets
14.c Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans
and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for
the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled
in paragraph 158 of “The future we want”
Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and
halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
15.1 By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and
sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their
services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with
obligations under international agreements
15.2 By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable
management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests
and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally
15.3 By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land
and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and
strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world
15.4 By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain
ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to
provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development
15.5 Take urgent and significant action to reduce the
degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020,
protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species
15.6 Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access
to such resources, as internationally agreed
15.7 Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of
protected species of flora and fauna and address both demand and supply of
illegal wildlife products
15.8 By 2020, introduce measures to prevent the
introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on
land and water ecosystems and control or eradicate the priority species
15.9 By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values
into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction
strategies and accounts
15.a Mobilize and significantly increase financial
resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and
ecosystems
15.b Mobilize significant resources from all sources and at
all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate
incentives to developing countries to advance such management, including for
conservation and reforestation
15.c Enhance global support for efforts to combat poaching
and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of
local communities to pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities
Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective,
accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related
death rates everywhere
16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of
violence against and torture of children
16.3 Promote the rule of law at the national and
international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all
16.4 By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and
arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all
forms of organized crime
16.5 Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all
their forms
16.6 Develop effective, accountable and transparent
institutions at all levels
16.7 Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and
representative decision-making at all levels
16.8 Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing
countries in the institutions of global governance
16.9 By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including
birth registration
16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect
fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international
agreements
16.a Strengthen relevant national institutions, including
through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in
particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and
crime
16.b Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and
policies for sustainable development
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and
revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
Finance
17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including
through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic
capacity for tax and other revenue collection
17.2 Developed countries to implement fully their official
development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed
countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for
official development assistance (ODA/GNI) to developing countries and 0.15 to
0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are
encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of
ODA/GNI to least developed countries
17.3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing
countries from multiple sources
17.4 Assist developing countries in attaining long-term
debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt
financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the
external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
17.5 Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for
least developed countries
Technology
17.6 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular
regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and
innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including
through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the
United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.7 Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and
diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on
favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually
agreed
17.8 Fully operationalize the technology bank and science,
technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed
countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular
information and communications technology
Capacity-building
17.9 Enhance international support for implementing
effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support
national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including
through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
Trade
17.10 Promote a universal, rules-based, open,
non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World
Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its
Doha Development Agenda
17.11 Significantly increase the exports of developing
countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’
share of global exports by 2020
17.12 Realize timely implementation of duty-free and
quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries,
consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that
preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed
countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market
access
Systemic issues
Policy and institutional coherence
17.13 Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including
through policy coordination and policy coherence
17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.15 Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to
establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable
development
Multi-stakeholder partnerships
17.16 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable
Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and
share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the
achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular
developing countries
17.17 Encourage and promote effective public,
public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and
resourcing strategies of partnerships
Data, monitoring and accountability
17.18 By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to
developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island
developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality,
timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity,
migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics
relevant in national contexts
17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop
measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross
domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing
countries
Means of implementation and the Global Partnership
60. We reaffirm our strong commitment to the full
implementation of this new Agenda. We recognize that we will not be able to
achieve our ambitious Goals and targets without a revitalized and enhanced
Global Partnership and comparably ambitious means of implementation. The
revitalized Global Partnership will facilitate an intensive global engagement in
support of implementation of all the Goals and targets, bringing together
Governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and
other actors and mobilizing all available resources.
61. The Agenda’s Goals and targets deal with the means
required to realize our collective ambitions. The means of implementation
targets under each Sustainable Development Goal and Goal 17, which are referred
to above, are key to realizing our Agenda and are of equal importance with the
other Goals and targets. We shall accord them equal priority in our
implementation efforts and in the global indicator framework for monitoring our
progress.
62. This Agenda, including the Sustainable Development
Goals, can be met within the framework of a revitalized Global Partnership for
Sustainable Development, supported by the concrete policies and actions outlined
in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda supports, complements
and helps to contextualize the 2030 Agenda’s means of implementation targets. It
relates to domestic public resources, domestic and international private
business and finance, international development cooperation, international trade
as an engine for development, debt and debt sustainability, addressing systemic
issues and science, technology, innovation and capacity-building, and data,
monitoring and follow-up.
63. Cohesive nationally owned sustainable development
strategies, supported by integrated national financing frameworks, will be at
the heart of our efforts. We reiterate that each country has primary
responsibility for its own economic and social development and that the role of
national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized. We will
respect each country’s policy space and leadership to implement policies for
poverty eradication and sustainable development, while remaining consistent with
relevant international rules and commitments. At the same time, national
development efforts need to be supported by an enabling international economic
environment, including coherent and mutually supporting world trade, monetary
and financial systems, and strengthened and enhanced global economic governance.
Processes to develop and facilitate the availability of appropriate knowledge
and technologies globally, as well as capacity-building, are also critical. We
commit to pursuing policy coherence and an enabling environment for sustainable
development at all levels and by all actors, and to reinvigorating the Global
Partnership for Sustainable Development.
64. We support the implementation of relevant strategies
and programmes of action, including the Istanbul Declaration and Programme of
Action, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Vienna
Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade
2014-2024, and reaffirm the importance of supporting the African Union’s Agenda
2063 and the programme of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, all of
which are integral to the new Agenda. We recognize the major challenge to the
achievement of durable peace and sustainable development in countries in
conflict and post-conflict situations.
65. We recognize that middle-income countries still face
significant challenges to achieve sustainable development. In order to ensure
that achievements made to date are sustained, efforts to address ongoing
challenges should be strengthened through the exchange of experiences, improved
coordination, and better and focused support of the United Nations development
system, the international financial institutions, regional organizations and
other stakeholders.
66. We underscore that, for all countries, public
policies and the mobilization and effective use of domestic resources,
underscored by the principle of national ownership, are central to our common
pursuit of sustainable development, including achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals. We recognize that domestic resources are first and foremost
generated by economic growth, supported by an enabling environment at all
levels.
67. Private business activity, investment and innovation
are major drivers of productivity, inclusive economic growth and job creation.
We acknowledge the diversity of the private sector, ranging from
micro-enterprises to cooperatives to multinationals. We call on all businesses
to apply their creativity and innovation to solving sustainable development
challenges. We will foster a dynamic and well-functioning business sector, while
protecting labour rights and environmental and health standards in accordance
with relevant international standards and agreements and other on-going
initiatives in this regard, such as the Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights and the labour standards of the International Labour Organization, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child and key multilateral environmental
agreements, for parties to those agreements.
68. International trade is an engine for inclusive
economic growth and poverty reduction, and contributes to the promotion of
sustainable development. We will continue to promote a universal, rules-based,
open, transparent, predictable, inclusive, non-discriminatory and equitable
multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, as well as
meaningful trade liberalization. We call on all members of the World Trade
Organization to redouble their efforts to promptly conclude the negotiations on
the Doha Development Agenda. We attach great importance to providing
trade-related capacity-building for developing countries, including African
countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small
island developing States and middle-income countries, including for the
promotion of regional economic integration and interconnectivity.
69. We recognize the need to assist developing countries
in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at
fostering debt financing, debt relief, debt restructuring and sound debt
management, as appropriate. Many countries remain vulnerable to debt crises and
some are in the midst of crises, including a number of least developed
countries, small island developing States and some developed countries. We
reiterate that debtors and creditors must work together to prevent and resolve
unsustainable debt situations. Maintaining sustainable debt levels is the
responsibility of the borrowing countries; however we acknowledge that lenders
also have a responsibility to lend in a way that does not undermine a country’s
debt sustainability. We will support the maintenance of debt sustainability of
those countries that have received debt relief and achieved sustainable debt
levels.
70. We hereby launch a Technology Facilitation Mechanism which was established by the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in order to support the Sustainable Development Goals. The Technology Facilitation Mechanism will be based on a multi-stakeholder collaboration between Member States, civil society, the private sector, the scientific community, United Nations entities and other stakeholders and will be composed of a United Nations inter-agency task team on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, a collaborative multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals and an online platform.
• The United Nations inter-agency task team on science,
technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will promote
coordination, coherence and cooperation within the United Nations system on
science, technology and innovation-related matters, enhancing synergy and
efficiency, in particular to enhance capacity-building initiatives. The task
team will draw on existing resources and will work with 10 representatives from
civil society, the private sector and the scientific community to prepare the
meetings of the multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation
for the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as in the development and
operationalization of the online platform, including preparing proposals for the
modalities for the forum and the online platform. The 10 representatives will be
appointed by the Secretary-General, for periods of two years. The task team will
be open to the participation of all United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes and the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and
it will initially be composed of the entities that currently integrate the
informal working group on technology facilitation, namely, the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nations Environment Programme, the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development, the International Telecommunication Union, the World
Intellectual Property Organization and the World Bank.
• The online platform will be used to establish a
comprehensive mapping of, and serve as a gateway for, information on existing
science, technology and innovation initiatives, mechanisms and programmes,
within and beyond the United Nations. The online platform will facilitate access
to information, knowledge and experience, as well as best practices and lessons
learned, on science, technology and innovation facilitation initiatives and
policies. The online platform will also facilitate the dissemination of relevant
open access scientific publications generated worldwide. The online platform
will be developed on the basis of an independent technical assessment which will
take into account best practices and lessons learned from other initiatives,
within and beyond the United Nations, in order to ensure that it will
complement, facilitate access to and provide adequate information on existing
science, technology and innovation platforms, avoiding duplications and
enhancing synergies.
• The multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and
innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will be convened once a year,
for a period of two days, to discuss science, technology and innovation
cooperation around thematic areas for the implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals, congregating all relevant stakeholders to actively contribute
in their area of expertise. The forum will provide a venue for facilitating
interaction, matchmaking and the establishment of networks between relevant
stakeholders and multi-stakeholder partnerships in order to identify and examine
technology needs and gaps, including on scientific cooperation, innovation and
capacity-building, and also in order to help to facilitate development, transfer
and dissemination of relevant technologies for the Sustainable Development
Goals. The meetings of the forum will be convened by the President of the
Economic and Social Council before the meeting of the high-level political forum
under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council or, alternatively, in
conjunction with other forums or conferences, as appropriate, taking into
account the theme to be considered and on the basis of a collaboration with the
organizers of the other forums or conferences. The meetings of the forum will be
co-chaired by two Member States and will result in a summary of discussions
elaborated by the two co-Chairs, as an input to the meetings of the high-level
political forum, in the context of the follow-up and review of the
implementation of the post-2015 development agenda.
• The meetings of the high-level political forum will be
informed by the summary of the multi-stakeholder forum. The themes for the
subsequent multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the
Sustainable Development Goals will be considered by the high-level political
forum on sustainable development, taking into account expert inputs from the
task team.
71. We reiterate that this Agenda and the Sustainable
Development Goals and targets, including the means of implementation, are
universal, indivisible and interlinked.
Follow-up and review
72. We commit to engaging in systematic follow-up and
review of the implementation of this Agenda over the next 15 years. A robust,
voluntary, effective, participatory, transparent and integrated follow-up and
review framework will make a vital contribution to implementation and will help
countries to maximize and track progress in implementing this Agenda in order to
ensure that no one is left behind.
73. Operating at the national, regional and global levels,
it will promote accountability to our citizens, support effective international
cooperation in achieving this Agenda and foster exchanges of best practices and
mutual learning. It will mobilize support to overcome shared challenges and
identify new and emerging issues. As this is a universal Agenda, mutual trust
and understanding among all nations will be important.
74. Follow-up and review processes at all levels will be
guided by the following principles:
(a) They will be voluntary and country-led, will take into
account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and
will respect policy space and priorities. As national ownership is key to
achieving sustainable development, the outcome from national-level processes
will be the foundation for reviews at the regional and global levels, given that
the global review will be primarily based on national official data sources.
(b) They will track progress in implementing the universal
Goals and targets, including the means of implementation, in all countries in a
manner which respects their universal, integrated and interrelated nature and
the three dimensions of sustainable development.
(c) They will maintain a longer-term orientation, identify
achievements, challenges, gaps and critical success factors and support
countries in making informed policy choices. They will help to mobilize the
necessary means of implementation and partnerships, support the identification
of solutions and best practices and promote the coordination and effectiveness
of the international development system.
(d) They will be open, inclusive, participatory and
transparent for all people and will support reporting by all relevant
stakeholders.
(e) They will be people-centred, gender-sensitive, respect
human rights and have a particular focus on the poorest, most vulnerable and
those furthest behind.
(f) They will build on existing platforms and processes,
where these exist, avoid duplication and respond to national circumstances,
capacities, needs and priorities. They will evolve over time, taking into
account emerging issues and the development of new methodologies, and will
minimize the reporting burden on national administrations.
(g) They will be rigorous and based on evidence, informed
by country-led evaluations and data which is high-quality, accessible, timely,
reliable and disaggregated by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migration
status, disability and geographic location and other characteristics relevant in
national contexts.
(h) They will require enhanced capacity-building support
for developing countries, including the strengthening of national data systems
and evaluation programmes, particularly in African countries, least developed
countries, small island developing States, landlocked developing countries and
middle-income countries.
(i) They will benefit from the active sup
port of the United Nations system and other multilateral
institutions.
75. The Goals and targets will be followed up and reviewed
using a set of global indicators. These will be complemented by indicators at
the regional and national levels which will be developed by Member States, in
addition to the outcomes of work undertaken for the development of the baselines
for those targets where national and global baseline data does not yet exist.
The global indicator framework, to be developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert
Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators, will be agreed by the
Statistical Commission by March 2016 and adopted thereafter by the Economic and
Social Council and the General Assembly, in line with existing mandates. This
framework will be simple yet robust, address all Sustainable Development Goals
and targets including for means of implementation, and preserve the political
balance, integration and ambition contained therein.
76. We will support developing countries, particularly
African countries, least developed countries, small island developing States and
landlocked developing countries, in strengthening the capacity of national
statistical offices and data systems to ensure access to high-quality, timely,
reliable and disaggregated data. We will promote transparent and accountable
scaling-up of appropriate public-private cooperation to exploit the contribution
to be made by a wide range of data, including earth observation and geospatial
information, while ensuring national ownership in supporting and tracking
progress.
77. We commit to fully engage in conducting regular and
inclusive reviews of progress at the subnational, national, regional and global
levels. We will draw as far as possible on the existing network of follow-up and
review institutions and mechanisms. National reports will allow assessments of
progress and identify challenges at the regional and global level. Along with
regional dialogues and global reviews, they will inform recommendations for
follow-up at various levels.
National level
78. We encourage all Member States to develop as soon as
practicable ambitious national responses to the overall implementation of this
Agenda. These can support the transition to the Sustainable Development Goals
and build on existing planning instruments, such as national development and
sustainable development strategies, as appropriate.
79. We also encourage Member States to conduct regular and
inclusive reviews of progress at the national and sub-national levels which are
country-led and country-driven. Such reviews should draw on contributions from
indigenous peoples, civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders, in
line with national circumstances, policies and priorities. National parliaments
as well as other institutions can also support these processes.
Regional level
80. Follow-up and review at the regional and subregional
levels can, as appropriate, provide useful opportunities for peer learning,
including through voluntary reviews, sharing of best practices and discussion on
shared targets. We welcome in this respect the cooperation of regional and
subregional commissions and organizations. Inclusive regional processes will
draw on national-level reviews and contribute to follow-up and review at the
global level, including at the high-level political forum on sustainable
development.
81. Recognizing the importance of building on existing
follow-up and review mechanisms at the regional level and allowing adequate
policy space, we encourage all Member States to identify the most suitable
regional forum in which to engage. United Nations regional commissions are
encouraged to continue supporting Member States in this regard.
Global level
82. The high-level political forum will have a central role
in overseeing a network of follow-up and review processes at the global level,
working coherently with the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council
and other relevant organs and forums, in accordance with existing mandates. It
will facilitate sharing of experiences, including successes, challenges and
lessons learned, and provide political leadership, guidance and recommendations
for follow-up. It will promote system-wide coherence and coordination of
sustainable development policies. It should ensure that the Agenda remains
relevant and ambitious and should focus on the assessment of progress,
achievements and challenges faced by developed and developing countries as well
as new and emerging issues. Effective linkages will be made with the follow-up
and review arrangements of all relevant United Nations conferences and
processes, including on least developed countries, small island developing
States and landlocked developing countries.
83. Follow-up and review at the high-level political forum
will be informed by an annual progress report on the Sustainable Development
Goals to be prepared by the Secretary-General in cooperation with the United
Nations system, based on the global indicator framework and data produced by
national statistical systems and information collected at the regional level.
The high-level political forum will also be informed by the Global Sustainable
Development Report, which shall strengthen the science-policy interface and
could provide a strong evidence-based instrument to support policymakers in
promoting poverty eradication and sustainable development. We invite the
President of the Economic and Social Council to conduct a process of
consultations on the scope, methodology and frequency of the global report as
well as its relation to the progress report, the outcome of which should be
reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of the session of the high-level
political forum in 2016.
84. The high-level political forum, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, shall carry out regular reviews, in line with General Assembly resolution 67/290. Reviews will be voluntary, while encouraging reporting, and include developed and developing countries as well as relevant United Nations entities and other stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector. They shall be State-led, involving ministerial and other relevant high-level participants. They shall provide a platform for partnerships, including through the participation of major groups and other relevant stakeholders.
85. Thematic reviews of progress on the Sustainable
Development Goals, including cross-cutting issues, will also take place at the
high-level political forum. These will be supported by reviews by the functional
commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other intergovernmental
bodies and forums which should reflect the integrated nature of the Goals as
well as the interlinkages between them. They will engage all relevant
stakeholders and, where possible, feed into, and be aligned with, the cycle of
the high-level political forum.
86. We welcome, as outlined in the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda, the dedicated follow-up and review for the financing for development
outcomes as well as all the means of implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals which is integrated with the follow-up and review framework of
this Agenda. The intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations of
the annual Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development will
be fed into the overall follow-up and review of the implementation of this
Agenda in the high-level political forum.
87. Meeting every four years under the auspices of the
General Assembly, the high-level political forum will provide high-level
political guidance on the Agenda and its implementation, identify progress and
emerging challenges and mobilize further actions to accelerate implementation.
The next high-level political forum under the auspices of the General Assembly
will be held in 2019, with the cycle of meetings thus reset, in order to
maximize coherence with the quadrennial comprehensive policy review process.
88. We also stress the importance of system-wide strategic
planning, implementation and reporting in order to ensure coherent and
integrated support to the implementation of the new Agenda by the United Nations
development system. The relevant governing bodies should take action to review
such support to implementation and to report on progress and obstacles. We
welcome the ongoing dialogue in the Economic and Social Council on the
longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system and look
forward to taking action on these issues, as appropriate.
89. The high-level political forum will support
participation in follow-up and review processes by the major groups and other
relevant stakeholders in line with resolution 67/290. We call on those actors to
report on their contribution to the implementation of the Agenda.
90. We request the Secretary-General, in consultation with
Member States, to prepare a report, for consideration at the seventieth session
of the General Assembly in preparation for the 2016 meeting of the high-level
political forum, which outlines critical milestones towards coherent, efficient
and inclusive follow-up and review at the global level. The report should
include a proposal on the organizational arrangements for State-led reviews at
the high-level political forum under the auspices of the Economic and Social
Council, including recommendations on voluntary common reporting guidelines. It
should clarify institutional responsibilities and provide guidance on annual
themes, on a sequence of thematic reviews, and on options for periodic reviews
for the high-level political forum.
91. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to achieving this
Agenda and utilizing it to the full to transform our world for the better by
2030.