affecting+ coastal+ areas+ and+ lowJlying+ coastal+ countries,+ including+ many+ least+ developed+countries+ and+ small+ island+ developing+ States.+ The+ survival+ of+ many+ societies,+ and+ of+ the+biological+support+systems+of+the+planet,+is+at+risk.+15.+It+is+also,+however,+a+time+of+immense+opportunity.+Significant+progress+has+been+made+in+meeting+many+development+challenges.+Within+the+past+generation,+hundreds+of+millions+of+people+have+emerged+from+extreme+poverty.+Access+to+education+has+greatly+increased+for+both+boys+and+girls.+The+spread+of+information+and+communications+technology+and+global+interconnectedness+has+great+potential+to+accelerate+human+progress,+to+bridge+the+digital+divide+ and+ to+ develop+ knowledge+ societies,+ as+ does+ scientific+ and+ technological+ innovation+across+areas+as+diverse+as+medicine+and+energy.+16.+Almost+15+years+ago,+the+Millennium+Development+Goals+were+agreed.+These+provided+an+ important+ framework+ for+ development+ and+ significant+ progress+ has+ been+ made+ in+ a+number+of+areas.+But+the+progress+has+been+uneven,+particularly+in+Africa,+least+developed+countries,+landlocked+developing+countries+and+small+island+developing+States,+and+some+of+the+Millennium+Development+Goals+remain+offJtrack,+in+particular+those+related+to+maternal,+newborn+ and+ child+ health+ and+ to+ reproductive+ health.+ We+ recommit+ ourselves+ to+ the+ full+realization+ of+ all+ the+ Millennium+ Development+ Goals,+ including+ the+ offJtrack+ Millennium+Development+ Goals,+ in+ particular+ by+ providing+ focused+ and+ scaledJup+ assistance+ to+ least+developed+countries+and+other+countries+in+special+situations,+in+line+with+relevant+support+programmes.+ The+ new+ Agenda+ builds+ on+ the+ Millennium+ Development+ Goals+ and+ seeks+ to+complete+what+they+did+not+achieve,+particularly+in+reaching+the+most+vulnerable.+17.+In+ its+ scope,+ however,+ the+ framework+ we+ are+ announcing+ today+ goes+ far+ beyond+ the+Millennium+Development+Goals.+Alongside+continuing+development+priorities+such+as+poverty+eradication,+ health,+ education+ and+ food+ security+ and+ nutrition,+ it+ sets+ out+ a+ wide+ range+ of+economic,+social+and+environmental+objectives.+It+also+promises+more+peaceful+and+inclusive+societies.+ It+ also,+ crucially,+ defines+ means+ of+ implementation.+ Reflecting+ the+ integrated+approach+that+we+have+decided+on,+there+are+deep+interconnections+and+many+crossJcutting+elements+across+the+new+Goals+and+targets.++!!The!new!Agenda!+18.+We+ are+ announcing+ today+ 17+ Sustainable+ Development+ Goals+ with+ 169+associated+targets+ which+ are+ integrated+ and+ indivisible.+ Never+ before+ have+ world+ leaders+ pledged+common+ action+ and+ endeavour+ across+ such+ a+ broad+ and+ universal+ policy+ agenda.+ We+ are+setting+ out+ together+ on+ the+ path+ towards+ sustainable+ development,+ devoting+ ourselves+collectively+ to+ the+ pursuit+ of+ global+ development+ and+ of+“winJwin”+cooperation+ which+ can+bring+huge+gains+to+all+countries+and+all+parts+of+the+world.+We+reaffirm+that+every+State+has,+and+shall+freely+exercise,+full+permanent+sovereignty+over+all+its+wealth,+natural+resources+and+economic+ activity.+ We+ will+ implement+ the+ Agenda+ for+ the+ full+ benefit+ of+ all,+ for+ today’s+generation+ and+ for+ future+ generations.+ In+ doing+ so,+ we+ reaffirm+ our+ commitment+ to+international+law+and+emphasize+that+the+Agenda+is+to+be+implemented+in+a+manner+that+is+consistent+with+the+rights+and+obligations+of+States+under+international+law.+ 19.+We+reaffirm+the+importance+of+the+Universal+Declaration+of+Human+Rights,+as+well+as+other+international+instruments+relating+to+human+rights+and+international+law.+We+emphasize+the+ responsibilities+ of+ all+ States,+ in+ conformity+ with+ the+ Charter+ of+ the+ United+ Nations,+ to+respect,+ protect+ and+ promote+ human+ rights+ and+ fundamental+ freedoms+ for+ all,+ without+distinction+of+any+kind+as+to+race,+colour,+sex,+language,+religion,+political+or+other+opinion,+national+or+social+origin,+property,+birth,+disability+or+other+status.+20.+Realizing+gender+equality+and+the+empowerment+of+women+and+girls+will+make+a+crucial+contribution+ to+ progress+ across+ all+ the+ Goals+ and+ targets.+ The+ achievement+ of+ full+ human+potential+and+of+sustainable+development+is+not+possible+if+one+half+of+humanity+continues+to+be+denied+its+full+human+rights+and+opportunities.+Women+and+girls+must+enjoy+equal+access+to+ quality+ education,+ economic+ resources+ and+ political+ participation+ as+ well+ as+ equal+opportunities+ with+ men+ and+ boys+ for+ employment,+ leadership+ and+ decisionJmaking+ at+ all+levels.+ We+ will+ work+ for+ a+ significant+ increase+ in+ investments+ to+ close+ the+ gender+ gap+ and+strengthen+support+for+institutions+in+relation+to+gender+equality+and+the+empowerment+of+women+at+the+global,+regional+and+national+levels.+All+forms+of+discrimination+and+violence+against+women+and+girls+will+be+eliminated,+including+through+the+engagement+of+men+and+boys.+ The+ systematic+ mainstreaming+ of+ a+ gender+ perspective+ in+ the+ implementation+ of+ the+Agenda+is+crucial.+21.+The+new+Goals+and+targets+will+come+into+effect+on+1+January+2016+and+will+guide+the+decisions+we+take+over+the+next+15+years.+All+of+us+will+work+to+implement+the+Agenda+within+our+own+countries+and+at+the+regional+and+global+levels,+taking+into+account+different+national+realities,+capacities+and+levels+of+development+and+respecting+national+policies+and+priorities.+We+ will+ respect+ national+ policy+ space+ for+ sustained,+ inclusive+ and+ sustainable+ economic+growth,+ in+ particular+ for+ developing+ States,+ while+ remaining+ consistent+ with+ relevant+international+rules+and+commitments.+We+acknowledge+also+the+importance+of+the+regional+and+ subregional+ dimensions,+ regional+ economic+ integration+ and+ interconnectivity+ in+sustainable+ development.+ Regional+ and+ subregional+ frameworks+ can+ facilitate+ the+ effective+translation+of+sustainable+development+policies+into+concrete+action+at+the+national+level.+22.+Each+ country+ faces+ specific+ challenges+ in+ its+ pursuit+ of+ sustainable+ development.+ The+most+ vulnerable+ countries+ and,+ in+ particular,+African+ countries,+ least+ developed+ countries,+landlocked+developing+countries+and+small+island+developing+States,+deserve+special+attention,+as+ do+ countries+ in+ situations+ of+ conflict+ and+ postJconflict+ countries.+ There+ are+ also+ serious+challenges+within+many+middleJincome+countries.++23.+People+who+are+vulnerable+must+be+empowered.+Those+whose+needs+are+reflected+in+the+Agenda+include+all+children,+youth,+persons+with+disabilities+(of+whom+more+than+80+per+cent+live+in+poverty),+people+living+with+HIV/AIDS,+older+persons,+indigenous+peoples,+refugees+and+internally+displaced+persons+and+migrants.+We+resolve+to+take+further+effective+measures+and+ actions,+ in+ conformity+ with+ international+ law,+ to+ remove+ obstacles+ and+ constraints,+strengthen+support+and+meet+the+special+needs+of+people+living+in+areas+affected+by+complex+humanitarian+emergencies+and+in+areas+affected+by+terrorism.+24.+We+ are+ committed+ to+ ending+ poverty+ in+ all+ its+ forms+ and+ dimensions,+ including+ by+eradicating+ extreme+ poverty+ by+ 2030.+ All+ people+ must+ enjoy+ a+ basic+ standard+ of+ living,+ including+through+social+protection+systems.+We+are+also+determined+to+end+hunger+and+to+ achieve+food+security+as+a+matter+of+priority+and+to+end+all+forms+of+malnutrition.+In+this+regard,+ we+reaffirm+the+important+role+and+inclusive+nature+of+the+Committee+on+World+Food+Security+ and+ welcome+ the+ Rome+ Declaration+ on+ Nutrition+ and+ the+ Framework+ for+ Action.+ We+ will+ devote+ resources+ to+ developing+ rural+ areas+ and+ sustainable+ agriculture+ and+ fisheries,+ supporting+smallholder+farmers,+especially+women+farmers,+herders+and+fishers+in+developing+ countries,+particularly+least+developed+countries.+ 25.+ We+commit+to+providing+inclusive+and+equitable+quality+education+at+all+levels+—+early+ childhood,+ primary,+ secondary,+ tertiary,+ technical+ and+ vocational+ training.+ All+ people,+ irrespective+of+sex,+age,+race+or+ethnicity,+and+persons+with+disabilities,+migrants,+indigenous+ peoples,+children+and+youth,+especially+those+in+vulnerable+situations,+should+have+access+to+ lifeJlong+learning+opportunities+that+help+them+to+acquire+the+knowledge+and+skills+needed+to+ exploit+opportunities+and+to+participate+fully+in+society.+We+will+strive+to+provide+children+and+ youth+with+a+nurturing+environment+for+the+full+realization+of+their+rights+and+capabilities,+ helping+our+countries+to+reap+the+demographic+dividend,+including+through+safe+schools+and+ cohesive+communities+and+families.+ 26.+ To+promote+physical+and+mental+health+and+wellJbeing,+and+to+extend+life+expectancy+ for+all,+we+must+achieve+universal+health+coverage+and+access+to+quality+health+care.+No+one+ must+ be+ left+ behind.+ We+ commit+ to+ accelerating+ the+ progress+ made+ to+ date+ in+ reducing+ newborn,+child+and+maternal+mortality+by+ending+all+such+preventable+deaths+before+2030.+ We+ are+ committed+ to+ ensuring+ universal+ access+ to+ sexual+ and+ reproductive+ healthJcare+ services,+including+for+family+planning,+information+and+education.+We+will+equally+accelerate+ the+pace+of+progress+made+in+fighting+malaria,+HIV/AIDS,+tuberculosis,+hepatitis,+Ebola+and+ other+communicable+diseases+and+epidemics,+including+by+addressing+growing+antiJmicrobial+ resistance+and+the+problem+of+unattended+diseases+affecting+developing+countries.+We+are+ committed+ to+ the+ prevention+ and+ treatment+ of+ nonJcommunicable+ diseases,+ including+ behavioural,+developmental+and+neurological+disorders,+which+constitute+a+major+challenge+ for+sustainable+development.+ 27.+ We+ will+ seek+ to+ build+ strong+ economic+ foundations+ for+ all+ our+ countries.+ Sustained,+ inclusive+and+sustainable+economic+growth+is+essential+for+prosperity.+This+will+only+be+possible+ if+ wealth+ is+ shared+ and+ income+ inequality+ is+ addressed.+ We+ will+ work+ to+ build+ dynamic,+ sustainable,+innovative+and+peopleJcentred+economies,+promoting+youth+employment+and+ women’s+economic+empowerment,+in+particular,+and+decent+work+for+all.+We+will+eradicate+ forced+labour+and+human+trafficking+and+end+child+labour+in+all+its+forms.+All+countries+stand+ to+benefit+from+having+a+healthy+and+wellJeducated+workforce+with+the+knowledge+and+skills+ needed+for+productive+and+fulfilling+work+and+full+participation+in+society.+We+will+strengthen+ the+ productive+ capacities+ of+ least+ developed+ countries+ in+ all+ sectors,+ including+ through+ structural+ transformation.+ We+ will+ adopt+ policies+ which+ increase+ productive+ capacities,+ productivity+ and+ productive+ employment;+ financial+ inclusion;+ sustainable+ agriculture,+ pastoralist+and+fisheries+development;+sustainable+industrial+development;+universal+access+ to+ affordable,+ reliable,+ sustainable+ and+ modern+ energy+ services;+ sustainable+ transport+ systems;+and+quality+and+resilient+infrastructure.+
28.+We+commit+to+making+fundamental+changes+in+the+way+that+our+societies+produce+and+consume+goods+and+services.+Governments,+international+organizations,+the+business+sector+and+ other+ nonJState+ actors+ and+ individuals+ must+ contribute+ to+ changing+ unsustainable+consumption+and+production+patterns,+including+through+the+mobilization,+from+all+sources,+of+ financial+ and+ technical+ assistance+ to+ strengthen+ developing+ countries’+scientific,+technological+ and+ innovative+ capacities+ to+ move+ towards+ more+ sustainable+ patterns+ of+consumption+and+production.+We+encourage+the+implementation+of+the+10JYear+Framework+of+ Programmes+ on+ Sustainable+ Consumption+ and+ Production+ Patterns.+ All+ countries+ take+action,+with+developed+countries+taking+the+lead,+taking+into+account+the+development+and+capabilities+of+developing+countries.+29.+We+recognize+the+positive+contribution+of+migrants+for+inclusive+growth+and+sustainable+development.+We+also+recognize+that+international+migration+is+a+multidimensional+reality+of+major+ relevance+ for+ the+ development+ of+ countries+ of+ origin,+ transit+ and+ destination,+ which+requires+coherent+and+comprehensive+responses.+We+will+cooperate+internationally+to+ensure+safe,+orderly+and+regular+migration+involving+full+respect+for+human+rights+and+the+humane+treatment+of+migrants+regardless+of+migration+status,+of+refugees+and+of+displaced+persons.+Such+ cooperation+ should+ also+ strengthen+ the+ resilience+ of+ communities+ hosting+ refugees,+particularly+ in+ developing+ countries.+ We+ underline+ the+ right+ of+ migrants+ to+ return+ to+ their+country+of+citizenship,+and+recall+that+States+must+ensure+that+their+returning+nationals+are+duly+received.+30.+States+ are+ strongly+ urged+ to+ refrain+ from+ promulgating+ and+ applying+ any+ unilateral+economic,+ financial+ or+ trade+ measures+ not+ in+ accordance+ with+ international+ law+ and+ the+Charter+ of+ the+ United+ Nations+ that+ impede+ the+ full+ achievement+ of+ economic+ and+ social+development,+particularly+in+developing+countries.+31.+We+acknowledge+that+the+United+Nations+Framework+Convention+on+Climate+Change+is+the+ primary+ international,+ intergovernmental+ forum+ for+ negotiating+ the+ global+ response+ to+climate+change.+We+are+determined+to+address+decisively+the+threat+posed+by+climate+change+and+ environmental+ degradation.+ The+ global+ nature+ of+ climate+ change+ calls+ for+ the+ widest+possible+international+cooperation+aimed+at+accelerating+the+reduction+of+global+greenhouse+gas+emissions+and+addressing+adaptation+to+the+adverse+impacts+of+climate+change.+We+note+with+ grave+ concern+ the+ significant+ gap+ between+ the+ aggregate+ effect+ of+ parties’+mitigation+pledges+ in+ terms+ of+ global+ annual+ emissions+ of+ greenhouse+ gases+ by+ 2020+ and+ aggregate+emission+ pathways+ consistent+ with+ having+ a+ likely+ chance+ of+ holding+ the+ increase+ in+ global+average+ temperature+ below+ 2+ degrees+ Celsius+ or+ 1.5+ degrees+ Celsius+ above+ preJindustrial+levels.+32.+Looking+ahead+to+the+twentyJfirst+session+of+the+Conference+of+the+Parties+in+Paris,+we+underscore+ the+ commitment+ of+ all+ States+ to+ work+ for+an+ ambitious+ and+ universal+ climate+agreement.+We+reaffirm+that+the+protocol,+another+legal+instrument+or+agreed+outcome+with+legal+force+under+the+Convention+applicable+to+all+parties+shall+address+in+a+balanced+manner,+inter+alia,+mitigation,+adaptation,+finance,+technology+development+and+transfer+and+capacityJbuilding;+and+transparency+of+action+and+support.+ 33.+ We+ recognize+ that+ social+ and+ economic+ development+ depends+ on+ the+ sustainable+ management+of+our+planet’s+natural+resources.+We+are+therefore+determined+to+conserve+and+ sustainably+use+oceans+and+seas,+freshwater+resources,+as+well+as+forests,+mountains+and+ drylands+ and+ to+ protect+ biodiversity,+ ecosystems+ and+ wildlife.+ We+ are+ also+ determined+ to+ promote+ sustainable+ tourism,+ to+ tackle+ water+ scarcity+ and+ water+ pollution,+ to+ strengthen+ cooperation+on+desertification,+dust+storms,+land+degradation+and+drought+and+to+promote+ resilience+and+disaster+risk+reduction.+In+this+regard,+we+look+forward+to+the+thirteenth+meeting+ of+the+Conference+of+the+Parties+to+the+Convention+on+Biological+Diversity+to+be+held+in+Mexico.+ 34.+ We+recognize+that+sustainable+urban+development+and+management+are+crucial+to+the+ quality+of+life+of+our+people.+We+will+work+with+local+authorities+and+communities+to+renew+ and+plan+our+cities+and+human+settlements+so+as+to+foster+community+cohesion+and+personal+ security+and+to+stimulate+innovation+and+employment.+We+will+reduce+the+negative+impacts+ of+ urban+ activities+ and+ of+ chemicals+ which+ are+ hazardous+ for+ human+ health+ and+ the+ environment,+ including+ through+ the+ environmentally+ sound+ management+ and+ safe+ use+ of+ chemicals,+ the+ reduction+ and+ recycling+ of+ waste+ and+ the+ more+ efficient+ use+ of+ water+ and+ energy.+And+we+will+work+to+minimize+the+impact+of+cities+on+the+global+climate+system.+We+ will+also+take+account+of+population+trends+and+projections+in+our+national+rural+and+urban+ development+ strategies+ and+ policies.+ We+ look+ forward+ to+ the+ upcoming+ United+ Nations+ Conference+on+Housing+and+Sustainable+Urban+Development+to+be+held+in+Quito.+ 35.+ Sustainable+development+cannot+be+realized+without+peace+and+security;+and+peace+and+ security+will+be+at+risk+without+sustainable+development.+The+new+Agenda+recognizes+the+need+ to+build+peaceful,+just+and+inclusive+societies+that+provide+equal+access+to+justice+and+that+are+ based+on+respect+for+human+rights+(including+the+right+to+development),+on+effective+rule+of+ law+ and+ good+ governance+ at+ all+ levels+ and+ on+ transparent,+ effective+ and+ accountable+ institutions.+Factors+which+give+rise+to+violence,+insecurity+and+injustice,+such+as+inequality,+ corruption,+poor+governance+and+illicit+financial+and+arms+flows,+are+addressed+in+the+Agenda.+ We+ must+ redouble+ our+ efforts+ to+ resolve+ or+ prevent+ conflict+ and+ to+ support+ postJconflict+ countries,+including+through+ensuring+that+women+have+a+role+in+peacebuilding+and+StateJ building.+We+call+for+further+effective+measures+and+actions+to+be+taken,+in+conformity+with+ international+ law,+ to+ remove+ the+ obstacles+ to+ the+ full+ realization+ of+ the+ right+ of+ selfJ determination+of+peoples+living+under+colonial+and+foreign+occupation,+which+continue+to+ adversely+affect+their+economic+and+social+development+as+well+as+their+environment.+ 36.+ We+pledge+to+foster+intercultural+understanding,+tolerance,+mutual+respect+and+an+ethic+ of+ global+ citizenship+ and+ shared+ responsibility.+ We+ acknowledge+ the+ natural+ and+ cultural+ diversity+of+the+world+and+recognize+that+all+cultures+and+civilizations+can+contribute+to,+and+ are+crucial+enablers+of,+sustainable+development.+ 37.+ Sport+ is+ also+ an+ important+ enabler+ of+ sustainable+ development.+ We+ recognize+ the+ growing+contribution+of+sport+to+the+realization+of+development+and+peace+in+its+promotion+of+ tolerance+and+respect+and+the+contributions+it+makes+to+the+empowerment+of+women+and+of+ young+people,+individuals+and+communities+as+well+as+to+health,+education+and+social+inclusion+ objectives.+