1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated December 14, 2015The Post-2015 Global Development AgendaThe Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established by the international community in the year 2000 sunset in 2015 and will be replaced by a new global development agenda for the period 2016 through 2030.
2、 The “post-2015 development agenda,” as it is often called, has been the subject of an extensive United Nations-led process and debate that culminated in the establishment of a formal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the 70th session of the U.N. General Assembly on September 25, 2015. This
3、 In Focus provides a brief overview of the MDGs, the new sustainable development goals (SDGs), key events in the development and rollout of the post-2015 development agenda, and issues that may be of particular interest to Congress. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) The MDGs are a group of eig
4、ht broad development goals agreed to by 189 U.N. member statesincluding the United Statesas part of the 2000 Millennium Declaration. They are aspirational, and commitments are non-binding. The goals, which governments aimed to achieve by the end of 2015, are (1) eradicating extreme hunger and povert
