World Leaders Adopt New Agenda for Global Sustainable Devt

 Ban Ki-moon

World leaders, heads of global financial institutions and other dignitaries Friday unanimously adopted a bold new global agenda to end poverty by 2030 and pursue a sustainable future for all the people of the world.

The historic adoption of the new Sustainable Development Agenda, with 17 global goals at its core, by the 193 Member States of the United Nations at the start of a three-day summit was met with a thunderous standing ovation from delegations that included many of the more than 150 world leaders who will be addressing the summit.

The long-awaited landmark new framework, tagged Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, composed of 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years, aims to end poverty and build a life of dignity for all, leaving no one behind.

The epochal event, which was heralded as the biggest development stride as a follow-up to the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, also saw the attendance and active participation of President Muhammadu Buhari, alongside several other African leaders.

The new Sustainable Development Goals build on the goal-setting agendas of UN conferences and the widely successful MDGs that have improved the lives of millions of people.

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