The Creation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

By maryroth9

  • UN Millennium Development Goals Conclude

    Eight global developmental targets were previously set forth by the United Nations. In September 2013, the UN General Assembly presented the progress made on the goals. New goals needed to be developed. Link text
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    Open Working Group (OWG) Meetings

    General Assembly OWGs have a total of thirteen meetings to recommend a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  • UN Secretary-General Releases Synthesis Report

    A report regarding multiple inputs to the post-2015 agenda is released by the UN Secretary-General to the General Assembly. The synthesis report is a starting point for intergovernmental negotiations. Link test

  • OWG Release Outcome Document

    Outcome Document contains OWG proposal for 18 SDGs.
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    69th Session of the UN General Assembly

    A focus of the session is to create a post-2015 development agenda that includes eradicating poverty.

  • UNESCO World Conference

    Stakeholder meetings of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development Link text

  • Disaster Risk Reduction Meeting

    Delegates meet to develop a draft framework for the post-2015 agenda. Link text
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    Negotiations of SDGs Framework

    In New York City, the UN Member States debate the goals of the framework and means of implementation. They meet several times throughout the year Link text

  • Debate on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women

    Grown out of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action written in 1995. In NYC in 2015, a high-level thematic debate took place on the advancement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Link text

  • Commission on the Status of Women

    The session addressed the challenges and barriers to implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform to Action. The meeting focused on opportunities for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women in the post-2015 development agenda.

  • Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

    UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction created. Link text

  • Thematic Debate on Tolerance and Reconciliation

    General Assembly of the UN conducted a thematic debate on “Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation: Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and Countering Violent Extremism.” The goal of the debate was to increase cooperation with regional organizations, reduce violent extremism, and foster peace in societies. Link text

  • Informal Stakeholder Hearings

    A preparatory process hosted by the UN General Assembly to negotiate with stakeholders about the post-2015 development agenda. Link text

  • First Meeting of SDG Indicators

    The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators convened in June 2015. The purpose was to develop a framework for the global goals and targets for the post-2015 development agenda. Link text

  • Climate Change Debate

    The goal of the debate was to provide political momentum for climate change and keep it as a high priority in global development goals. This meeting took place in Paris and included panel discussions. Link text

  • Expert Consultations

    Six interactive consultations were conducted with experts relating to several themes that are tied to the SDGs.

  • Sustainable Development Summit 2015

    The UN held its summit in NYC to adopt the post-2015 development agenda. Link text

  • 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

    This is the outcome document from the Post-2015 Summit. It includes the agreed upon 17 Sustainable Development Goals and outlines the agenda for the UN through 2030. Link text