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Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development UNITED NATIONS TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A/RES/70/1 UNITED NATIONS sustainabledevelopment.un.org Transforming+our+world:+the+2030+Agenda+for+Sustainable+Development+.................................................................................+3+ Preamble+.................................................................................................................................................................................+3+ People+......................................................................................................................................................................................+3+ Planet+......................................................................................................................................................................................+3+ Prosperity+................................................................................................................................................................................+3+ Peace+.......................................................................................................................................................................................+3+ Partnership+..............................................................................................................................................................................+4+ Declaration+..................................................................................................................................................................................+4+ Introduction+............................................................................................................................................................................+4+ Our+vision+................................................................................................................................................................................+5+ Our+shared+principles+and+commitments+................................................................................................................................+6+ Our+world+today+......................................................................................................................................................................+6+ The+new+Agenda+......................................................................................................................................................................+7+ Means+of+implementation+.....................................................................................................................................................+12+ FollowJup+and+review+............................................................................................................................................................+13+ A+call+for+action+to+change+our+world+....................................................................................................................................+14+ Sustainable+Development+Goals+and+targets+............................................................................................................................+14+ Goal+1.+End+poverty+in+all+its+forms+everywhere+...................................................................................................................+17+ Goal+2.+End+hunger,+achieve+food+security+and+improved+nutrition+and+promote+sustainable+agriculture+..........................+17+ Goal+3.+Ensure+healthy+lives+and+promote+wellJbeing+for+all+at+all+ages+................................................................................+18+ Goal+4.+Ensure+inclusive+and+equitable+quality+education+and+promote+lifelong+learning+opportunities+for+all+...................+19+ Goal+5.+Achieve+gender+equality+and+empower+all+women+and+girls+....................................................................................+20+ Goal+6.+Ensure+availability+and+sustainable+management+of+water+and+sanitation+for+all+....................................................+20+ Goal+7.+Ensure+access+to+affordable,+reliable,+sustainable+and+modern+energy+for+all+.........................................................+21+ Goal+8.+Promote+sustained,+inclusive+and+sustainable+economic+growth,+full+and+productive+employment+and+decent+work+ for+all+.....................................................................................................................................................................................+21+ Goal+9.+Build+resilient+infrastructure,+promote+inclusive+and+sustainable+industrialization+and+foster+innovation+..............+22+ Goal+10.+Reduce+inequality+within+and+among+countries+......................................................................................................+23+ Goal+11.+Make+cities+and+human+settlements+inclusive,+safe,+resilient+and+sustainable+.......................................................+24+ Goal+12.+Ensure+sustainable+consumption+and+production+patterns+....................................................................................+24+ Goal+13.+Take+urgent+action+to+combat+climate+change+and+its+impacts*+............................................................................+25+ Goal+14.+Conserve+and+sustainably+use+the+oceans,+seas+and+marine+resources+for+sustainable+development+...................+26+ 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+...............................................................+27+ 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+...............................................................................................+28+ Goal+17.+Strengthen+the+means+of+implementation+and+revitalize+the+Global+Partnership+for+Sustainable+Development+..+28+ Finance+..................................................................................................................................................................................+28+ Technology+............................................................................................................................................................................+29+ CapacityJbuilding+...................................................................................................................................................................+29+ Trade+.....................................................................................................................................................................................+29+ Systemic+issues+......................................................................................................................................................................+29+ Means+of+implementation+and+the+Global+Partnership+.............................................................................................................+30+ FollowJup+and+review+................................................................................................................................................................+34+ National+level+........................................................................................................................................................................+36+ Regional+level+........................................................................................................................................................................+36+ Global+level+............................................................................................................................................................................+36+ ! + ! Transforming!our!world:!the!2030!Agenda!for!Sustainable!Development! + + ! ! Preamble! + + This+ Agenda+ is+ a+ plan+ of+ action+ for+ people,+ planet+ and+ prosperity.+ It+ also+ seeks+ to+ strengthen+universal+peace+in+larger+freedom.+We+recognize+that+eradicating+poverty+in+all+its+ forms+and+dimensions,+including+extreme+poverty,+is+the+greatest+global+challenge+and+an+ indispensable+requirement+for+sustainable+development.+ + All+countries+and+all+stakeholders,+acting+in+collaborative+partnership,+will+implement+ this+plan.+We+are+resolved+to+free+the+human+race+from+the+tyranny+of+poverty+and+want+and+ to+heal+and+secure+our+planet.+We+are+determined+to+take+the+bold+and+transformative+steps+ which+are+urgently+needed+to+shift+the+world+on+to+a+sustainable+and+resilient+path.+As+we+ embark+on+this+collective+journey,+we+pledge+that+no+one+will+be+left+behind.+ + The+17+Sustainable+Development+Goals+and+169+targets+which+we+are+announcing+today+ demonstrate+the+scale+and+ambition+of+this+new+universal+Agenda.+They+seek+to+build+on+the+ Millennium+Development+Goals+and+complete+what+they+did+not+achieve.+They+seek+to+realize+ the+human+rights+of+all+and+to+achieve+gender+equality+and+the+empowerment+of+all+women+ and+girls.+They+are+integrated+and+indivisible+and+balance+the+three+dimensions+of+sustainable+ development:+the+economic,+social+and+environmental.+ + The+Goals+and+targets+will+stimulate+action+over+the+next+15+years+in+areas+of+critical+ importance+for+humanity+and+the+planet.+
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