Preamble
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It
also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom.
We recognise 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 onto 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 these 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 fifteen years
in areas 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 fulfil their potential in
dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.
Planet
We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including
through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its
natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can
support the needs of the present and future generations.
Prosperity
We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous
and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress
occurs in harmony with nature.
Peace
We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies
which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development
without peace and no peace without sustainable development.
Partnership
We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this
Agenda through a revitalised Global Partnership for Sustainable Development,
based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focussed in particular on
the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all
countries, all stakeholders and all people.
The interlinkages and integrated nature of the Sustainable Development
Goals are of crucial importance in ensuring that the purpose of the new Agenda
is realised. If we realize our ambitions across the full extent of the Agenda,
the lives of all will be profoundly improved and our world will be transformed
for the better
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