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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015. The General Assembly adopts the following final document of the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda.

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Preamble

This Agenda is an action plan for people, planet and prosperity. It also aims to strengthen universal peace in a broader concept of freedom. We recognize that the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest challenge facing the world and is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. 

 This plan will be implemented by all countries and stakeholders through a collaborative partnership. We are determined to free humanity from the tyranny of poverty and deprivation and to heal and protect our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps that are urgently needed to put the world on a path of sustainability and resilience. As we embark on this journey together, we promise that no one will be left behind. 

 The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the 169 targets we announce today demonstrate the magnitude of this ambitious new universal Agenda. They aim to build on the Millennium Development Goals and achieve what they did not. They also aim to realize the human rights of all people and achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. The Goals and targets are integrated and indivisible and combine the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social, and environmental. 

The Goals and targets will stimulate for the next 15 years action in the following spheres 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 realize their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment. 

The planet  
We are determined to protect the planet’s natural resources and climate for future generations. We will significantly reduce pollution and the unsustainable use of resources, promoting recycling and ensuring that major companies and industries adopt sustainable practices. We will work together to achieve this.  

Prosperity 
We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy a prosperous and full life, and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.

Peace
We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies that are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace, nor peace without sustainable development.

Partnerships  
We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda through a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development, which will draw on the strengths of all actors and strategies. It will focus particularly on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and will ensure that all people everywhere have access to the opportunities and benefits of a sustainable world. The links between the Sustainable Development Goals and their integrated nature are of crucial importance for achieving the purpose of the new Agenda. If we achieve what we aspire to in all aspects of the Agenda, the living conditions of all people will improve significantly, and our world will be transformed into a better place.

Declaration

Introduction

1. The Heads of State and Government and High Representatives, meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 25 to 27 September 2015, coinciding with the seventieth anniversary of the Organization, have today agreed on the new global Sustainable Development Goals.

2. On behalf of the peoples we serve, we have adopted a historic decision on a broad set of universal, transformative, far-reaching and people-centered Goals and targets. We commit ourselves to work tirelessly to achieve the full implementation of this Agenda by 2030. We recognize that the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest challenge facing the world and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. We commit ourselves to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner. We will also build on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seek to address the unfinished business.

3. We are determined to end poverty and hunger everywhere, by 2030, 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 are also determined to create the conditions for sustainable, inclusive and sustained economic growth, shared prosperity and decent work for all, taking into account the different national levels of development and capacity.

4. As we embark on this great collective journey, we are determined that no one shall be left behind. We recognize that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, and therefore we wish to see the Goals and targets fulfilled for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society. We will strive to reach the furthest behind first. 

5. The present Agenda has unprecedented scope and ambition. All countries, developed, developing and least developed, will implement its provisions. We are determined to mobilize the means for its implementation through a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development, which includes commitments by all countries to the following agreed lines of action, which will be elaborated in the course of the implementation of the present Agenda. The Goals and targets will be expected to be achieved by 2030. All countries, each according to its capabilities, will have a significant role to play in implementing the global goals. Countries will formulate national agendas for the implementation of these goals, taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities. The Goals and targets are integrated and indivisible and balance all three dimensions of sustainable development.

6. The Goals and targets are the result of more than two years of intense consultation processes with civil society and other stakeholders around the world, during which the views of the poorest and most vulnerable were given special consideration. The consultations included the valuable work carried out by the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals and by the United Nations, whose Secretary-General presented a synthesis report in December 2014.

Our vision for the future

7. In these Goals and targets, we set out an ambitious and transformative vision for the future. We envision a world free of poverty, hunger, disease and deprivation, where all life can thrive; a world without fear and violence; a world in which literacy is universal, with equitable and universal access to quality education at all levels, healthcare and social protection, and where physical, mental and social well-being are guaranteed; a world in which we reaffirm our commitments to the human right to safe and clean water and sanitation, where there is better hygiene and sufficient, safe, affordable and nutritious food; a world whose human habitats are safe, resilient and sustainable, and where there is universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy.

8. We envision a world in which respect for human rights and the dignity of persons, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination are universal; where race, ethnicity and cultural diversity are respected, and where there is equal opportunity for the full realization of human potential and for contributing to shared prosperity; a world that invests in its children, and where all children grow up free from violence and exploitation; a world in which all women and girls enjoy full gender equality and where 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 aspire to a world in which every country enjoys sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and decent work for all; a world where sustainable consumption and production patterns and the use of all natural resources, from air to land, from rivers, lakes and aquifers to oceans and seas, are sustainable; a world where democracy, good governance and the rule of law, along with a conducive national and international environment, are essential elements of sustainable development, including sustained and inclusive economic growth, social development, environmental protection, and the eradication of poverty and hunger; a world where the development and application of technologies respect the climate and biodiversity and are resilient; a world where humanity lives in harmony with nature and wildlife and other living species are protected.

Our common principles and commitments

10. The new Agenda is inspired by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including full respect for international law. Its foundations are the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1, international human rights treaties, the Millennium Declaration 2, and the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document (3). It is also based on other instruments, such as the Declaration on the Right to Development 4.

11. We reaffirm the outcomes of all major United Nations conferences and summits, which have provided a solid foundation for sustainable development and have helped to shape the new Agenda, in particular the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 5, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the World Summit for Social Development, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 6, the Beijing Platform for Action 7 and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. We also reaffirm the follow-up activities of those 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 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 forth in principle 7 of that Declaration.

13. The challenges and commitments mentioned in those major conferences and summits are interrelated and require integrated solutions. To address them effectively, a new approach is needed. Sustainable development is based on the premise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, combating inequality within and between countries, preserving the planet, fostering sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and promoting social inclusion are interconnected and interdependent.

Our current world

14. We have gathered at a time when sustainable development faces immense challenges. Billions of our citizens continue to live in poverty and are deprived of a dignified life. Inequalities are increasing, both within and between countries. There are enormous disparities in opportunities, wealth, and power. Gender inequality remains a fundamental challenge. Unemployment is extremely concerning, particularly among young people. Global health risks, the increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, escalating conflicts, violent extremism, terrorism, and the resulting humanitarian crises and forced population displacements threaten to nullify many of the development gains achieved in recent decades. The depletion of natural resources and the negative effects of environmental degradation, including desertification, drought, land degradation, freshwater scarcity, and biodiversity loss, increase and exacerbate the difficulties facing humanity. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and its adverse effects undermine the capacity of all countries to achieve sustainable development. Rising global temperatures, sea-level rise, ocean acidification, and other effects of climate change are severely affecting coastal areas and low-lying coastal countries, including many least developed countries and small island developing states. The survival of many societies and the planet’s life support systems is at risk.

15. However, it is also a moment that offers immense opportunities. Significant progress has been made in addressing many development challenges. Over the past generation, hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of extreme poverty. Access to education for boys and girls has increased considerably. The expansion of information and communication technologies and global interconnectedness offer great possibilities for accelerating human progress, overcoming the digital divide, and developing knowledge societies, as does scientific and technological innovation in fields as diverse as medicine and energy. 

16. Nearly 15 years ago, the Millennium Development Goals were agreed upon, providing an important framework for development, and considerable progress has been made in various areas. However, progress has been uneven, particularly in Africa, the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, and small island developing States, and some of the Millennium Development Goals are far from being achieved, especially those related to maternal, neonatal, and child health and reproductive health. We are committed anew to fully achieving all the Millennium Development Goals, including those that are far from being met, particularly by providing specific and broader assistance to the least developed countries and other countries in special situations, in accordance with relevant support programs. The new Agenda builds on the Millennium Development Goals and aims to complete what they did not achieve, especially by reaching the most vulnerable. 

17. However, the framework we are announcing today has a scope that goes far beyond the Millennium Development Goals. Some development priorities, such as the eradication of poverty, health, education and food security and nutrition, are maintained, but a wide range of economic, social and environmental objectives are also established. More peaceful and inclusive societies are also promised and, most importantly, the means of implementation are defined. Reflecting the integrated approach we have agreed upon, the new Goals and targets are deeply interrelated and linked by numerous cross-cutting elements.

The New Agenda

18. Today we announce 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 interconnected and indivisible targets. Never before have world leaders committed to common action and endeavor for such a broad and universal policy agenda. We embark together on the path to sustainable development, collectively undertaking the task of achieving global development and mutually beneficial cooperation, which can bring enormous benefits to all countries and all parts of the world. We reaffirm that each State has full permanent sovereignty over its wealth, its natural resources and its economic activity, and that it will exercise it freely. We will implement the Agenda in the interest of all, for present and future generations. At the same time, we reaffirm our adherence to international law and emphasize that the Agenda will be implemented in a manner compatible 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 that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, all States have the responsibility to respect, protect and promote the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons, without distinction of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic status, birth, disability or other status.

20. Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls will make a crucial contribution to progress on all the Goals and targets. It is not possible to realize the full potential of humanity and achieve sustainable development if half of humanity continues to be denied the full enjoyment of its human rights and opportunities. Women and girls must have equal access to quality education, economic resources, and political participation, as well as the same opportunities as men and boys in employment, leadership, and decision-making at all levels. We will work to achieve a significant increase in investments aimed at alleviating gender disparity and strengthening support for institutions related 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 participation of men and boys. The systematic incorporation of a gender perspective in the implementation of the Agenda is crucial. 

21. The new Goals and targets will enter into force on 1 January 2016 and will guide the decisions we adopt over the next 15 years. We will work to implement the Agenda within our own countries and at the regional and global levels, taking into account the different realities, capacities and levels of development of each country and respecting their national policies and priorities. We will also respect the national policy space for sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, particularly in developing countries, but always in a manner consistent with relevant international rules and commitments. We further recognize the importance for sustainable development of regional and subregional dimensions, regional economic integration and interconnectivity. Regional and subregional frameworks can make it easier to effectively translate sustainable development policies into concrete action at the national level. 

22. Each country faces specific challenges in its pursuit of sustainable development, but the most vulnerable countries, and in particular African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, as well as countries in conflict and post-conflict situations, deserve special attention. Many middle-income countries are also experiencing serious difficulties.

23. It is necessary to empower vulnerable people. Therefore, this Agenda reflects the needs of all children, young people, persons with disabilities (more than 80% of whom live in poverty), people living with HIV/AIDS, the elderly, indigenous peoples, refugees and internally displaced persons and migrants, among others. We are resolved to take further effective action and measures, in accordance with international law, to remove obstacles and restrictions, strengthen support for people living in areas affected by complex humanitarian emergencies and areas affected by terrorism, and meet their special needs. 

24. We commit to ending poverty in all its forms and dimensions, which will include 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 achieve food security as a priority, and to eliminate all forms of malnutrition. In this regard, we reaffirm the important role of the Committee on World Food Security and its inclusive nature, and we welcome the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and the Framework for Action 8. We will dedicate resources to developing rural areas and sustainable agriculture and fisheries, and to supporting small farmers, especially women farmers, and livestock and fish farmers in developing countries, particularly the least developed countries. 

25. We commit to providing quality, inclusive, and equitable education at all levels: preschool, primary, secondary, and tertiary education, and technical and vocational training. All persons, regardless of sex, race, or ethnic origin, including persons with disabilities, migrants, indigenous peoples, children, and youth, especially those in vulnerable situations, must have access to lifelong learning opportunities that help them acquire the knowledge and skills needed to take advantage of the opportunities presented to them and participate fully in society. We will strive to provide children and youth with an environment conducive to the full realization of their rights and capabilities, helping our countries to capitalize on the demographic dividend, including through school safety and community and family cohesion. 

26. To promote physical and mental well-being and extend the lifespan of all people, we must achieve universal health coverage and access to quality healthcare for everyone, leaving no one behind. We commit to accelerating progress made to date in reducing neonatal, child, and maternal mortality, ending all preventable deaths by 2030. We also commit to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning, information, and education. Likewise, we will accelerate the pace of progress in combating malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, Ebola, and other communicable diseases and epidemics, including addressing the growing antibiotic resistance and the issue of neglected diseases that affect developing countries. We are committed to the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, including behavioral, developmental, and neurological disorders, which pose a significant impediment to sustainable development. 

27. We will strive to lay strong economic foundations in all our countries. Sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth is essential to achieve prosperity, which will only be possible if wealth is shared and income inequality is combated. We will work to build dynamic, sustainable, innovative and people-centered economies, promoting in particular youth employment and the economic empowerment of women, as well as decent work for all. We will eradicate forced labor and human trafficking and end child labor in all its forms. All countries will benefit from a healthy, well-trained workforce with the knowledge and skills needed to perform productive and rewarding work and participate fully in society. We will strengthen the productive capacity of the least developed countries in all sectors, including through structural transformation. We will adopt policies that increase productive capacity, productivity and productive employment, financial inclusion, sustainable development of agriculture, livestock and fisheries, 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 our societies produce and consume goods and services. Governments, international organizations, the private sector, and other non-state actors and individuals should contribute to shifting unsustainable consumption and production patterns, including by mobilizing all sources of financial and technical assistance to strengthen the scientific, technological and innovation capacity of developing countries in order to move towards more sustainable consumption and production patterns. We therefore encourage the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production. All countries, starting with developed ones, should take action, taking into account the development and capacities 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 great relevance for the development of countries of origin, transit and destination that demands coherent and comprehensive responses. We will cooperate internationally to ensure safe, orderly and regular migration, fully respecting human rights and providing humane treatment and reception for migrants, regardless of their migration status, and for refugees and displaced persons. Such cooperation should also strengthen the resilience of communities hosting refugees, particularly in developing countries. We emphasize that migrants have the right to return to their country of nationality and recall that States must ensure that returning nationals are properly received. 

30. We strongly urge States to refrain from promulgating and applying unilateral economic, financial or trade measures that are not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations and that impede the full achievement of economic and social development, particularly in developing countries.

31. We recognize that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 9 is the principal international intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change. We are determined to resolutely face the threat posed by climate change and environmental degradation. The global nature of climate change demands maximum international cooperation to accelerate the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions and address adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change. Therefore, we note with grave concern the significant gap between the aggregate effect of the mitigation commitments for annual global greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 made by the parties and the trajectory that aggregate emissions should follow to have a good chance of the global average temperature increase not exceeding 2 degrees Celsius, or 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. 

32. Looking ahead to the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties, to be held in Paris, we emphasize that all States are committed to striving for an ambitious and universal climate agreement. We reaffirm that the protocol or other legal instrument or agreed conclusion with legal force within the framework of the Convention and applicable to all parties that is adopted must address issues such as mitigation, adaptation, financing, technology development and transfer, capacity building, and transparency of measures and support provided in a balanced manner. 

33. We recognize that social and economic development depends on the sustainable management of our planet’s natural resources. Therefore, we are committed to preserving and sustainably using the oceans and seas, freshwater resources, forests, mountains, and arid zones, and to protecting biological diversity, ecosystems, and wild flora and fauna. We are also committed to promoting sustainable tourism, addressing water scarcity and pollution, strengthening cooperation on desertification, sand and dust storms, land degradation and drought, and promoting resilience and disaster risk reduction. In this regard, we look forward to the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in Mexico.

34. We recognize that the sustainable management and development of the urban environment are fundamental to the quality of life of our peoples. We will work with local authorities and communities to renew and plan our cities and human settlements with a view to fostering community cohesion and people’s safety and stimulating innovation and employment. We will reduce the negative effects of urban activities and chemicals that are hazardous to health and the environment, including through the ecologically sound management of chemicals and their safe use, the reduction and recycling of waste, and 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 into account demographic trends and forecasts 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 in Quito.

35. Sustainable development cannot be realized without peace and security, and peace and security will be in jeopardy without sustainable development. The new Agenda recognizes the need to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies that provide equal access to justice and are based on respect for human rights (including the right to development), on an effective rule of law and good governance at all levels, and on transparent and effective accountable institutions. The Agenda addresses the factors that generate violence, insecurity and injustices, such as inequalities, corruption, poor governance and illicit financial and arms flows. We must redouble our efforts to resolve or prevent conflicts and support countries emerging from conflict, including by ensuring women play their role in peacebuilding and state-building. We call for new and effective actions and measures, in accordance with international law, to eliminate obstacles to the full realization of the right to self-determination of peoples living under colonial and foreign occupation, which continue to negatively affect their economic and social development and their environment. 

36. We commit to fostering understanding between different cultures, tolerance, mutual respect, and the ethical values of global citizenship and shared responsibility. We recognize the natural and cultural diversity of the world, and also that all cultures and civilizations can contribute to sustainable development and play a crucial role in facilitating it. 

37. Sport is another important enabler of sustainable development. We recognize that sport contributes increasingly to development and peace by promoting tolerance and respect, and that it also supports the empowerment of women and young people, individuals and communities, as well as the objectives in terms of health, education and social inclusion. 

38. We reaffirm that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the territorial integrity and political independence of States must be respected.

Means of implementation

39. The implementation of this broad and ambitious new Agenda requires a revitalized Global Partnership, to which we are fully committed. The Partnership will work in a spirit of global solidarity, particularly with the poorest and most vulnerable. It will also facilitate intensive global participation to support the achievement of all Goals and targets, bringing together governments, the private sector, civil society, the United Nations system and other stakeholders and mobilizing all available resources. 

40. The means of implementation goals set out in Goal 17 and in each of the other Sustainable Development Goals are fundamental to putting our Agenda into practice and are as important as the other Goals and targets. The Agenda, including the Sustainable Development Goals, can be achieved within the framework of a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, supported by the concrete policies and measures outlined in the final document of the third International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July 2015. We welcome the adoption by the General Assembly of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda 10, 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 fundamental to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and their targets. 

41. We recognize that each country has the primary responsibility for its own economic and social development. The new Agenda outlines the means required to implement the Goals and targets. We also recognize that these means will include the mobilization of financial resources, as well as capacity-building and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favorable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms as mutually agreed. Public finance, both national and international, will be vital to provide essential services and public goods and to catalyze other sources of finance. We recognize the role that various actors of the private sector, from micro-enterprises and cooperatives to multinationals, will play in the implementation of the new Agenda, and the role of civil society organizations and philanthropic organizations. 

42. We support the implementation of relevant strategies and action programmes, such as the Istanbul Declaration and Programme of Action11, the Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway for Small Island Developing States12 and the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–202413, and reaffirm the importance of supporting the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development 14, all of which are integral to the new Agenda. We recognize the enormous impediments that hinder the attainment of lasting peace and sustainable development in countries in conflict and post-conflict situations. 

43. We highlight that international public finance is a fundamental complement to the efforts that countries make to mobilize public resources internally, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable countries, with limited internal resources. An important role of international public finance, including official development assistance, is to catalyze the mobilization of additional resources from other sources, both public and private. Official development assistance providers reaffirm their respective commitments, including the commitment of numerous developed countries to achieve the goal of allocating 0.7% of their gross national income to official development assistance for developing countries and between 0.15% and 0.2% of their gross national income to official development assistance for least developed countries.

44. We recognize the importance of international financial institutions supporting, in accordance with their mandates, the policy space of each country, particularly in developing countries. We recommit to expanding and strengthening the intervention and participation of developing countries – including African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States, and middle-income countries – in international decision-making processes and economic norms, and in global economic governance.

45. We also recognize that national parliaments will play a fundamental role in the effective implementation of our commitments, enacting legislation, approving budgets and ensuring accountability. Governments and public institutions will also work closely in implementation with regional and local authorities, subregional institutions, international institutions, the academic community, philanthropic organizations, volunteer groups and other stakeholders.

46. We underscore the important role and comparative advantage of the United Nations system in supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable development itself, provided that it has adequate resources and undertakes relevant, coherent, efficient and effective work. We highlight the importance of strengthening national ownership and leadership in countries, while expressing our support for the ongoing dialogue process of the Economic and Social Council on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations system for development in the context of the present Agenda.

Follow-up and review

47. Our Governments are primarily responsible for undertaking, at the national, regional and global levels, the follow-up and review of the progress made in achieving the Goals and targets over the next 15 years. To foster accountability to our citizens, we will conduct a systematic follow-up and review process at the various levels, as indicated in this Agenda and in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The High-level Political Forum, under the auspices of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, will play a central role in the follow-up and review of this process at the global level. 

48. Indicators are being developed to support this work. Quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data will be needed to help measure progress and ensure that no one is left behind, as such data are fundamental for decision-making. Data and information provided by existing mechanisms should be used whenever possible. We agree to intensify our efforts to improve the statistical capacity of developing countries, particularly African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and middle-income countries. We commit to developing methods for measuring progress that are broader and complement gross domestic product.

A call to action to change our world

49. Seventy years ago, a previous generation of world leaders gathered to create the United Nations. From the ashes of war and division, they instituted this Organization and the values of peace, dialogue, and international cooperation that sustain it. The Charter of the United Nations is the ultimate expression of those values.

50. The decision we adopt today is also of great historical importance. We are determined to build a better future for all, including the millions of people who have been deprived of the opportunity to lead a decent, dignified, and fulfilling life and to realize their full human potential. We may be the first generation to end poverty, and perhaps we will also be the last with the chance to save the planet. If we achieve our goals, the world will be a better place in 2030.

51. What we announce today – an Agenda for global action for the next 15 years – is a charter for people and the planet in the 21st century. Boys and girls, and young people of all ages, are fundamental agents of change and will find in the new Goals a platform to channel their infinite capacity for activism towards creating a better world.

52. The Charter of the United Nations begins with the famous phrase “We the peoples”. Today, it is “we the peoples” who are embarking on the road to 2030. Governments, as well as parliaments, the United Nations system and other international institutions, local authorities, indigenous peoples, civil society, the business and private sector, the scientific and academic community, and all citizens will accompany us on our journey. Millions of people have already committed to this Agenda and will make it their own. It is an Agenda of the people, by the people, and for the people, and precisely for this reason we believe it is guaranteed to succeed.

53. The future of humanity and of our planet lies in our hands, as well as in the hands of the younger generation, who will pass the torch to future generations. We have charted the course towards sustainable development, and it is up to all of us to ensure that the journey reaches its destination and that its achievements are irreversible.

Sustainable Development Goals and targets

54. Tras un proceso inclusivo de negociaciones intergubernamentales y tomando como base la propuesta del Grupo de Trabajo Abierto sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible15, los cuales se ponen en contexto en uno de sus epígrafes, hemos acordado los Objetivos y las metas que figuran a continuación. 

55. Los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y sus metas son de carácter integrado e indivisible, de alcance mundial y de aplicación universal, tienen en cuenta las diferentes realidades, capacidades y niveles de desarrollo de cada país y respetan sus políticas y prioridades nacionales. Si bien las metas expresan las aspiraciones a nivel mundial, cada gobierno fijará sus propias metas nacionales, guiándose por la ambiciosa aspiración general pero tomando en consideración las circunstancias del país. Cada gobierno decidirá también la forma de incorporar esas aspiraciones y metas mundiales en los procesos de planificación, las políticas y las estrategias nacionales. Es importante reconocer el vínculo que existe entre el desarrollo sostenible y otros procesos pertinentes que se están llevando a cabo en las esferas económica, social y ambiental. 

56. Al acordar estos Objetivos y metas, reconocemos que cada país enfrenta desafíos específicos para lograr el desarrollo sostenible y recalcamos los problemas especiales con que tropiezan los países más vulnerables, en particular los países africanos, los países menos adelantados, los países en desarrollo sin litoral y los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, así como las dificultades concretas que atraviesan los países de ingresos medianos. También merecen especial atención los países en situaciones de conflicto. 

57. We recognize that baseline data for several targets are still missing and call for increased support to strengthen data collection and capacity-building in Member States in order to establish national and global baselines where they do not yet exist. We commit to addressing these data gaps to better inform the measurement of progress, particularly with respect to targets that do not include clear numerical objectives. 

58. We encourage States to continue their efforts in other forums to resolve key issues that pose potential challenges to the implementation of our Agenda, and we respect the independent mandates of those processes. It is our intention that the Agenda and its implementation should support, and not undermine, those processes and the decisions taken therein. 

59. We recognize that each country has different approaches, visions, models and instruments for achieving sustainable development, depending on its national circumstances and priorities, and we reaffirm that Planet Earth and its ecosystems are our common home and that “Mother Earth” is a common expression in many 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.

* Recognizing that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the principal international intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.

Objective 1

End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

1.1. By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured by at least $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, in accordance with national definitions.

1.3. Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including minimum levels, and by 2030 achieve broad coverage of the poor and vulnerable.

1.4. By 2030, ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources and access to basic services, ownership and control of land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technologies 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 disasters and shocks.

1.a. Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide developing countries, in particular least developed countries, with adequate and predictable means to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions.

1.b. Establish sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, in order to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication measures.

Objective 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 situations of vulnerability, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round.

2.2. By 2030, put an end to 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 the elderly.

2.3. By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and the incomes of small-scale food producers, particularly 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, help maintain ecosystems, strengthen capacity to adapt to climate change, extreme weather events, droughts, floods and other disasters and 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 wild relatives, including through well-managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and promote access to and equitable and just sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.

2.a. Increase, including through enhanced international cooperation, investment in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and land and gene banks in order to enhance the agricultural productive capacity of developing countries, in particular least developed countries.

2.b. Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets. This include 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 Agenda.

2.c. Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity and derived product markets and to facilitate timely access to market information, including information on food reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.

Objective 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 the abuse of narcotic drugs and harmful use of alcohol.

3.6. By 2020, halve the global number of 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, affordable and quality medicines and vaccines for all.

3.9 By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses arising from hazardous chemicals and from 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 research and development activities for vaccines and medicines for communicable and other diseases which disproportionately affect developing countries and facilitate access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines in accordance with the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to prioritize public health and to promote access to medicines pursuant to the TRIPS Agreement and public health. This includes provisions to grant more time to implement patentability and exclusive marketing rights, and to grant priority to the development of medicines for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other epidemics, as needed.

3.c. Substantially increase the financing of health 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 national and global health risk management.

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 that leads 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 preschool education, so that they are ready for primary education.

4.3. By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university education.

4.4. By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent work 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, are literate and possess basic numeracy skills.

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 the contribution of culture 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 increase the number of scholarships available to students from developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education programmes, including vocational training and information and communications technology programmes, and technical, science and engineering fields, 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 in all areas.

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 care and unpaid domestic work through public services, infrastructure and social protection policies, and by promoting shared responsibility in the household and family as appropriate to each country.

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, the Beijing Platform for Action and the final 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 enforce sound policies and applicable 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 people in vulnerable situations.

6.3. By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing the 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 in all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of fresh water 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 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, build infrastructure of and upgrade technology to provide 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 support programmes.

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, gross domestic product growth of at least 7% per annum in the least developed countries.

8.2. Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological innovation and modernization, including 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. By 2030, achieve the efficient use of world resources in production and consumption and strive 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 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 labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labor, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labor in all its forms.

8.8 Protect labor 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, develop 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 promote and expand access to banking, financial, and insurance services for all.

8.a Increase support for the Aid for Trade initiative in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to the Least Developed Countries.

8.b By 2020, develop and operate a global youth employment strategy 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 reliable, sustainable, resilient and quality infrastructure, including regional and cross-border infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with particular emphasis on affordable and equitable access for all.

9.2. Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly increase the industry’s contribution to employment and gross domestic product, in accordance with national circumstances, and double its contribution in the least developed countries.

9.3. Increase access for small-scale industrial enterprises and other enterprises, particularly 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, and getting all countries to take action in accordance with their respective capabilities.

9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capacity of industrial sectors, in particular developing countries, including, inter alia, by encouraging innovation and substantially increasing, by 2030, the number of research and development personnel per 1 million people and public and private expenditure on research and development.

9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries by providing increased financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.

9.b. Support the development of domestic technology, research and innovation capacities in developing countries, including through an enabling policy environment for diversification of industrial and value addition to commodities, among other measures.

9.c. Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in the 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 status or other status.

10.3. Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequality of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in that regard.

10.4. Adopt policies, in particular fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.

10.5. Improve the regulation and supervision of financial institutions and markets and strengthen the implementation of such regulations.

10.6. Ensure greater representation and voice for developing countries in the decisions adopted within the frameworks of international economic institutions and other global financial institutions in order to produce more equitable results.

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 differentiated treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in accordance with the agreements of the World Trade Organization.

10.b. To foster the development of official development assistance and other financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to States in greatest need, 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

Achieve cities and human settlements that are 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 persons with disabilities, women, children and older persons and to developing disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and resilience to natural disasters.

11.3. By 2030, increase 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 affected people and substantially reduce the direct economic losses caused thereby in relation to the global gross domestic product that are caused by 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 that adopt and implement 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. Provide support to 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, with all countries taking the lead, developed countries taking into account the developed countries’ development and capabilities, and developing countries providing support in the transition to sustainable consumption and production patterns.

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 the 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 and reduction, recycling and reuse.

12.6. Encourage companies, in particular large companies and transnational corporations, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.

12.7. Promote sustainable public procurement practices, 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. Assist developing countries in strengthening their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable consumption and production patterns.

12.b. Develop and implement tools to monitor the effects on sustainable development in order to achieve sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.

12.c. Rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage uneconomical consumption by eliminating market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including through the restructuring of tax systems and the gradual elimination of harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impact, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse effects on their development, so as to protect the poor and affected communities.

Objective 13

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*.

13.1 Strengthen the 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 plans.

13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

13.a Fulfill the quantified goal of developed countries to mobilize jointly USD 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 the implementation thereof and to fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible.

13.b Promote mechanisms to build the capacity for effective climate change related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, with particular emphasis 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 effects, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action to restore them in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans.

14.3. Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through increased 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 as quickly as possible, at least to levels that can produce the 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 legislation 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 the subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that the special and differential treatment in the context of the World Trade Organization negotiations on fisheries subsidies and all pending disputes should be conducive to the refrainment from providing such subsidies.

14.7 By 2030, increase the economic benefits derived by small island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, in particular through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism.

14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, in accordance with 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 Facilitate the access of small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets.

14.c. Improve 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 a 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 ecosystem services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and arid zones, in line with the 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 land degradation neutrality.

15.4 By 2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide essential benefits 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 the fair and equitable sharing of 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 to address both the demand and supply of illegal wildlife products.

15.8. By 2020, adopt measures to prevent the introduction of invasive alien species and significantly reduce their impact on ecosystems, and control or eradicate priority species.

15.9. By 2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounting.

15.a. Mobilize and significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems.

15.b. Mobilize considerable resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable forest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to promote such management, particularly with a view to conservation and reforestation.

15.c. Increase global support for combating 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 mortality rates everywhere.

16.2 End all forms of violence and exploitation against children, including trafficking and sexual exploitation, and all other forms of abuse.

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 Enhance and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance.

16.9 By 2030, provide universal legal identity, in particular through birth registration.

16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.

16.a Strengthen national institutions, including through international cooperation, to build capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and to 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 enhanced domestic and other support to developing countries, in order to enhance the capacity of domestic institutions, including through data collection, analysis and dissemination, to improve strategic planning and implementation management.

17.2. Ensure that developed countries follow through on their commitments to official development assistance, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of providing 0.7 per cent of gross national income for official development assistance to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of gross national income to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of gross national income 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 in order to reduce the incidence of a debt crisis.

17.5. Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes in favor of least developed countries.

Technology

17.6. Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional, interregional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance the sharing of knowledge 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 facilitation of access to environmentally sound technologies and corresponding know-how to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed.

17.8. Fully operationalize the technology bank and the science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries and enhance the use of enabling technologies, in particular information and communications technology, by 2017, stepping up support for the accession of developing countries to the Technology Facilitation Mechanism.

17.9. Enhance the support for developing countries to implement effective and targeted capacity-building activities in order to help mobilize a greater-even more multi-stakeholder partnership that supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries, through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation.

Trade

17.10. Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system in the framework of the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda.

17.11. Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the share of least developed countries in global exports by 2020.

17.12. Achieve on a timely basis the least developed countries’ full and timely access to duty-free and quota-free markets, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including through the expedited elaboration of preferential rules of origin applicable to exports from least developed countries that are transparent and simple and that facilitate market access Systemic issues

Policy and institutional coherence.

17.13. Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and coherence.

17.14. Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development.

17.15. Respect the policy space and leadership of each country in order 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, in order to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, particularly developing countries.

17.17. Encourage and promote effective partnerships between public, public-private and civil society, building on the experience and resource mobilization strategies of partnerships.

Data, monitoring and accountability.

17.18. By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including least developed countries and small island developing States, to significantly increase the availability of timely, reliable and high-quality data disaggregated by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics in national contexts.

17.19. By 2030, leverage existing initiatives to develop the production of statistical indicators to assess progress on sustainable development and complement gross domestic product, and support capacity-building in statistics in developing countries.

Means of implementation and Global Partnership

60. We reaffirm our strong commitment to the full implementation of this new Agenda. We recognize that it will be impossible to achieve our ambitious goals and targets without a revitalized and enhanced Global Partnership and equally ambitious means of implementation. The revitalized Global Partnership will facilitate intense global participation to support the achievement of all Goals and targets, bringing together governments, civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system, and other stakeholders, and mobilizing all available resources.

61. The Goals and targets of the Agenda indicate the means necessary to make our collective aspirations a reality. The targets for the means of implementation included in each of the Sustainable Development Goals and in Goal 17, referred to above, are fundamental to putting our Agenda into practice and are of equal importance to the other Goals and targets. Therefore, we will give them the same priority in our implementation activities and in the framework of global indicators used to track our progress.

62. This Agenda, including the Sustainable Development Goals, can be met within the framework of a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, with the support of the concrete policies and measures outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda serves to support, complement, and provide context for the means of implementation targets of the 2030 Agenda. It addresses the following areas: national public resources; national and international private financial and trade activity; international development cooperation; international trade as a driver of development; debt and debt sustainability; systemic issues; science, technology, innovation and capacity building; and data, monitoring and follow-up. 

63. Our efforts will be articulated around cohesive and nationally owned sustainable development strategies, supported by integrated national financing frameworks. We reiterate that each country is primarily responsible for its own economic and social development and that national development policies and strategies are of utmost importance. We will respect the policy space and leadership of each country in implementing poverty eradication and sustainable development promotion policies, but always in a manner compatible with relevant international norms and commitments. For their part, national development efforts must be supported by an enabling international economic environment that includes coherent and mutually supportive trade, monetary and financial systems, and strengthened and improved global economic governance. Processes for developing and facilitating the availability of appropriate knowledge and technologies at the global level, as well as capacity-building, are also essential. We commit to promoting policy coherence and an enabling environment for sustainable development at all levels with the participation of all stakeholders, and to revitalizing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development. 

64. We support the implementation of relevant strategies and action programmes, such as the Istanbul Programme of Action, the Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway for the Small Island Developing States and the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024, and we reaffirm the importance of supporting the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, as all these instruments are integral to the new Agenda. We also recognize the enormous impediments that hinder the attainment of lasting peace and sustainable development in countries in conflict and post-conflict situations.

65. We recognize that middle-income countries continue to face significant challenges in achieving sustainable development. In order to maintain the achievements made to date, efforts must be redoubled to address current challenges through the exchange of experiences, better coordination and improved targeted support from the United Nations system for development, international financial institutions, regional organizations and other stakeholders.

66. We emphasize that, in all countries, public policies and the mobilization and effective use of national resources, supported by the principle of national ownership, are essential for our common pursuit of sustainable development, including the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We recognize that, above all, it is economic growth, supported by an enabling environment at all levels, that generates national resources.

67. Private business activity, investment and innovation are the main drivers of productivity, inclusive economic growth and job creation. We recognize the diversity of the private sector, which includes microenterprises as well as cooperatives and multinationals. We urge all companies to harness their creativity and innovation to solve development problems. We will foster a dynamic and efficient business sector, while protecting labor rights and health and environmental requirements in accordance with relevant international standards and agreements and other initiatives underway in this area, such as the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 17 and the labor standards of the International Labour Organization, the Convention on the Rights of the Child 18 and the main multilateral environmental agreements, for those who are party to them. 

68. International trade promotes inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction and contributes to fostering sustainable development. We will continue to promote a universal, rules-based, open, transparent, predictable, inclusive, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system within the framework of the World Trade Organization, as well as genuine trade liberalization. We urge all members of the World Trade Organization to redouble their efforts to conclude negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda as soon as possible 19. We attach great importance to trade-related capacity-building in developing countries, including African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and middle-income countries, including to promote regional economic integration and interconnectivity.

69. We recognize the need to support developing countries in achieving long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, relief, restructuring and responsible management, as appropriate. Many countries remain vulnerable to debt crises, and some are in the midst of a crisis, including several least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as some developed countries. We reiterate that debtors and creditors must work together to prevent and resolve unsustainable debt situations. Borrowing countries have a responsibility to maintain sustainable debt levels, but we recognize that lenders also have a responsibility to lend without undermining a country’s debt sustainability. We will support the maintenance of debt sustainability in countries that have received debt relief and have achieved sustainable debt levels. 

70. We hereby announce the operationalization of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism established in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Technology Facilitation Mechanism will be based on a multi-stakeholder partnership between Member States, civil society, the private sector, the scientific community, United Nations entities and other stakeholders, and will consist of a United Nations interagency task force on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, a multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, and an online platform.

• The Interagency Task Team on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will promote coordination, coherence and cooperation within the UN system on science, technology and innovation issues, increasing synergies and efficiencies, particularly to enhance capacity-building initiatives. The Task Team will leverage existing resources and work with ten 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 to develop and implement the online platform, including by developing proposals for the modalities of the Forum and the platform. The ten representatives will be appointed by the Secretary-General for two-year terms. All UN agencies, funds and programmes and the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council may participate in the Task Team, which will initially consist of the entities that currently make up the informal working group on technology facilitation, namely: the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, 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 registry of existing science, technology and innovation initiatives, mechanisms and programmes within and outside the United Nations, and as an information portal about these instruments. The platform will facilitate access to information, knowledge and experience gained, as well as best practices and lessons learned, on science, technology and innovation initiatives and policies. It will also facilitate the dissemination of relevant, open-access scientific publications from around the world. The platform will be developed based on an independent technical assessment that will take into account best practices and lessons learned from other initiatives, within and outside the United Nations, in order to complement existing science, technology and innovation platforms, facilitate access to them and provide adequate information about them, avoiding duplication and increasing synergies.

• The multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will meet annually for two days to deliberate on cooperation in thematic areas for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and will bring together all relevant stakeholders to actively contribute to the meetings in their area of expertise. The Forum will be a mechanism to facilitate interaction, intermediation and networking among competent parties and multi-stakeholder partnerships, in order to identify and examine technological needs and gaps, including those in scientific cooperation, innovation and capacity building, and also to help facilitate the development, transfer and dissemination of technologies relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals. The meetings of the Forum will be convened by the President of the Economic and Social Council prior to the meetings of the High-level Political Forum under the auspices of the Council, or in conjunction with other forums or conferences, as appropriate, taking into account the themes to be examined and in collaboration with the organizers of those other forums or conferences. The meetings of the Forum will be co-chaired by two Member States and their discussions will be summarized by the two co-chairs as 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 multi-stakeholder forum summaries will inform the High-level Political Forum meetings. The themes of the upcoming multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will be examined by the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, taking into account the contributions of the task force experts.

71. We reaffirm the universal, indivisible and interrelated nature of the present Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals and their goals, including the means of implementation.

Follow-up and review

72. We commit to engage in a systematic process of 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 be vital to the implementation of the Agenda and will help countries maximize and monitor progress made in this regard to ensure that no one is left behind. 

73. The framework, applied at the national, regional and global levels, will promote accountability to our citizens, support effective international cooperation in the implementation of the Agenda and foster the exchange of best practices and mutual learning. It will also mobilize support to overcome common challenges and identify new and emerging issues. Given that the Agenda is universal in nature, 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, taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting each country’s policy space and priorities. As national ownership is essential for achieving sustainable development, the outcomes of national processes will serve as the foundation for regional and global reviews, as the global review will be based mainly on official country data sources.

b) They will monitor progress in achieving the universal Goals and targets, including means of implementation, in all countries, respecting their universal, integrated and interdependent nature and the three dimensions of sustainable development.

c) They will maintain a longer-term orientation, identify achievements and existing problems and gaps, as well as factors crucial for success, and help countries make well-informed policy decisions. They will also help mobilize the necessary means of implementation and partnerships, help find solutions and best practices, and promote the coordination and effectiveness of the international development system.

d) They shall be open, inclusive, participatory and transparent for all people and shall support reporting by all relevant stakeholders. e) They shall be people-centred, take into account gender issues, respect human rights and give special attention to the poorest, most vulnerable and most lagging behind. 

f) They shall build on existing processes and platforms, where available, avoid duplication and respond to national circumstances, capacities, needs and priorities. They shall evolve over time, taking into account emerging issues and the development of new methodologies, and shall minimize the reporting burden for national administrations.

g) They shall be rigorous and evidence-based, grounded in country-led evaluations and quality data that are accessible, timely, reliable and disaggregated by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant to national contexts. 

h) They will call for increased support for capacity-building in developing countries, including strengthening 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 be actively supported by the United Nations system and other multilateral institutions. 

75. The follow-up and review of the Goals and targets will be based on a set of global indicators that will be complemented by regional and national indicators formulated by Member States and by the results of work to establish baselines for those targets where national and global baseline data do not yet exist. The global indicator framework that will be developed by the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators will be agreed by the Statistical Commission no later than March 2016 and subsequently adopted by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, in accordance with existing mandates. This framework will be simple yet robust, cover all Sustainable Development Goals and their targets, including means of implementation, and maintain their political balance and integrated and ambitious character. 

76. We will help developing countries, particularly African countries, least developed countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, to strengthen the capacity of their statistical offices and statistical data systems to ensure access to high-quality, timely, reliable and disaggregated data. We will promote the increase, with transparency and accountability, of adequate public-private cooperation to leverage a wide range of data, including Earth observation and geospatial information, while ensuring that countries themselves are responsible for supporting and monitoring progress.

77. We commit to fully participate in periodic and inclusive reviews of progress at subnational, national, regional and global levels. We will make full use of the existing network of monitoring and review institutions and mechanisms. National reports will allow for the assessment of progress and the identification of problems at regional and global levels. Together with regional dialogues and global reviews, these reports will serve to formulate recommendations for follow-up at various levels.

At the national level

78. We encourage all Member States to formulate ambitious national responses for the general implementation of this Agenda as soon as possible. These responses can facilitate the transition to the Sustainable Development Goals and be based on existing planning instruments, such as national development and sustainable development strategies, as appropriate.

79. We also encourage Member States to conduct periodic and inclusive, country-led and country-driven reviews of national and subnational progress. These reviews should leverage the contributions of indigenous peoples, civil society, the private sector, and other stakeholders, taking into account the circumstances, policies, and priorities of each country. National parliaments and other institutions can also support these processes.

At the regional level

80. The regional and subregional follow-up and review process can, where appropriate, provide valuable mutual learning opportunities, for example, through voluntary reviews, the exchange of best practices and discussions on common objectives. We welcome in this regard the cooperation of regional and subregional commissions and organizations. National reviews will serve as a basis for inclusive regional processes that will contribute to follow-up and review at the global level, including the high-level political forum on sustainable development. 

81. Recognizing the importance of leveraging existing regional follow-up and review mechanisms and leaving sufficient policy space, we encourage all Member States to determine the most appropriate regional forum for their participation. The United Nations regional commissions are also encouraged to continue to provide assistance to Member States in this regard.

At the global level

82. The High-level Political Forum will play a central role in follow-up and review of the implementation of the sustainable development goals and in providing political leadership, guidance and recommendations for the same, in line with the mandates of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and other relevant bodies and forums. It will also facilitate the exchange of experiences, including successes, challenges and lessons learned, and promote policy coherence and coordination of sustainable development policies across the United Nations system. Furthermore, it will ensure that the Agenda remains relevant and ambitious and will focus on assessing progress and achievements, the obstacles faced by developed and developing countries, as well as new and emerging issues. Effective linkages will be established with the follow-up and review mechanisms of all relevant United Nations processes and conferences, including those related to the least developed countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries. 

83. The follow-up and review of the High-Level Political Forum will be based on an annual report on the progress of the Sustainable Development Goals, prepared by the Secretary-General in cooperation with the United Nations system, drawing on the global indicator framework, data from national statistical systems and information gathered at the regional level. The High-Level Political Forum will also take into account the World Development Report, which will strengthen the interface between science and policy and could provide a robust evidence-based instrument to assist policymakers in promoting poverty eradication and sustainable development. We invite the President of the Economic and Social Council to conduct a consultation process on the scope, methodology and periodicity of the World Report, as well as its relationship with the annual report, the outcome of which should be reflected in the ministerial declaration of the High-Level Political Forum session to be held in 2016.

84. The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, shall undertake periodic reviews in accordanceance with General Assembly resolution 67/290 of 9 July 2013. The reviews will be voluntary, although reporting will be encouraged, and will include developed and developing countries as well as relevant United Nations entities and other stakeholders such as civil society and the private sector. They will be State-led and involve representatives from relevant ministries and other high-level participants. The reviews will provide a platform for forging partnerships, including through the participation of major groups and other relevant stakeholders. 

85. The High-level Political Forum will also conduct thematic reviews of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, including cross-cutting issues. These reviews will be supported by those undertaken 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 and the links between them. The reviews will involve all relevant stakeholders and, where possible, will feed into and coincide with the cycle of the High-level Political Forum. 

86. We welcome the special process of review and follow-up of the financing for development results, and of all means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, which is mentioned in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and integrated into the follow-up and review framework of this Agenda. The conclusions and recommendations of the annual Forum of the Economic and Social Council on financing for development, agreed at the intergovernmental level, will be incorporated into the follow-up and review process of the implementation of this Agenda, carried out at the High-level Political Forum.

87. The High-level Political Forum, which will meet every four years under the auspices of the General Assembly, will provide high-level political guidance on the Agenda and its implementation, identify progress and emerging issues, and mobilize new measures to accelerate implementation. The next meeting of the High-level Political Forum organized under the auspices of the General Assembly will take place in 2019, and will initiate a new cycle of meetings to maximize coherence with the quadrennial comprehensive policy review process.

88. We also highlight the importance of undertaking strategic planning, implementation and reporting within the entire system, so that the United Nations development system provides coherent and integrated support for the implementation of the new Agenda. Competent governing bodies should take measures to review this support for implementation and report on progress made and existing obstacles. We welcome the dialogue that the Economic and Social Council is holding on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system and look forward to the opportunity to take action on these issues, as appropriate. 

89. The high-level political forum will support the participation of major groups and other relevant stakeholders in the follow-up and review processes, in accordance with resolution 67/290. We urge these bodies to report on their contributions to the implementation of the Agenda. 

90. We call upon the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with Member States, a report, to be considered by the General Assembly at its seventieth session in preparation for the 2016 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, outlining the critical milestones needed for a coherent, efficient and inclusive process of follow-up and review at the global level. The report will contain a proposal on the organization of State-led reviews to be conducted at the High-level Political Forum under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, including recommendations on common guidelines for voluntary reporting. It will also clarify institutional responsibilities and provide guidance on annual themes, on a series of thematic reviews and on options for periodic reviews by the High-level Political Forum. 

91. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to achieving this Agenda and to making the most of it in transforming our world for the better by 2030. 

4th plenary meeting, 25 September 2015.

Instruments mentioned in the section titled “Sustainable Development Goals and targets”:

• Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of the World Health Organization (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2302, No. 41032).
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (resolution 69/283, annex II).
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1834, No. 31363).
• “The future we want” (resolution 66/288, annex).

Notes

1. Resolution 217 A (III). 
2. Resolution 55/2.
3.  Resolution 60/1.
4. Resolution 41/128, annex.
5. Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3 to 14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and correction), resolution 1, annex I.
6. Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5 to 13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
7. Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4 to 15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
8. World Health Organization, document EB 136/8, annexes I and II.
9. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.
10. Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda), adopted by the General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (resolution 69/313, annex).
11. Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul (Turkey), 9 to 13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chaps. I and II.
12. Resolution 69/15, annex.
13. Resolution 69/137, annex II.
14. Contained in the report of the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals (A/68/970 and Corr.1; see also A/68/970/Add.1 to 3).
15. Contained in the report of the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals (A/68/970 and Corr.1; see also A/68/970/Add.1 to 3).
16. 6 Taking into account the ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization, the Doha Development Agenda and the mandate of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration.
17. A/HRC/17/31, annex.
18. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, no. 27531.
19. A/C.2/56/7, annex.