A panel of precedentialpoliticians and officials, manageup to identify future development goals for the UN, has cerebratethat it should be possible to eradicate extreme poverty, hunger, disease andanalphabetismand preventable deaths by 2030.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon roundup the UN High Level Panel on the impale2015 development Agenda (HILP) to devise goals and targets for international development later2015, when the Millenium Development Goals, agreed by the UN in 2000, run out.
The panel by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesiapasshim their discoverlast week.
The report argues that eradicating extreme penurymustalso be linked to sustainable development – tackling poverty and protecting the environment should no longer be seen as separate issues.
Economies, it says, should be developed to create jobs and provide profitto a wide range of people, there should be a focus on promoting peace and effective, open and accountable institutions, corruption, currencylaundering and tax avoidance must be challenged and governments should defecatetogether with their people, so that no-one is left behind.
The report proposes a set of 12 goals to bring this about.
Near the top is empowering women and girls to achieve gender equality, onwith quality education, healthcare and food, sanitation and water.
The panel hopes that these goals, if implemented, will supporterreduce inequality, promote peace, distributeclimate change, improve our cities, address the concerns of young people andenablesustainable consumption and production.
The report suggests that there should be a set of ‘universal goals’, along with targets for unmarriedcountries.
The panel also calls for a ‘data revolution’.
Technology should be used to enable people to connect with each other and tools like assemblysourcing used to ensure their voices are heard.
To read the full report, chit-chathere.
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