Highlights:
1. A bold new global agend to end poverty by 2030 and pursue a sustainable future was unanimously adopted today by the 193 Member States of the United Nations at the start of a three-day Summit on Sustainable Development.
2. The historic adoption of the new Sustainable Development Agenda, with 17 globals at its core, was met with a thunderous standing ovation from delegations that included many of the more than 150 world leaders who will be addressing the Summit.
3. It was a scence that was, and will be, transmitted to millions of people around the world through television, social media, radio, cinema advertisements, and cell phone messages.
4. Ushering in a new era of national action and international cooperation, the new agenda commits every country to take an array of actions that would not only address the root causes of poverty, but would also increase economic growth and prosperity and meet people's health, education and social needs, while protecting the environment.
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Publisher:
UN
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Type / Script:
Press Release
in English
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Keywords:
DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY, HUNGER, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, PEACE, PARTNERSHIP, GENDER EQUALITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, SUSTAINABLE COMSUMPTION, WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, WOMEN
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Thematic Group:
UN
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International Peace and Security
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Thesaurus:
02.04.00
- Development
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