Beyond 2015
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High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
On 31 July 2012, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed 26 civil society, private sector and government leaders from all regions to a High-level Panel to advise on the global development agenda beyond 2015.
"I have asked my High-level Panel to prepare a bold yet practical development vision to present to Member States next year,” said the UN chief. “I look forward to the Panel’s recommendations on a global post-2015 agenda with shared responsibilities for all countries and with the fight against poverty and sustainable development at its core.”
Overview
Enormous progress has been made towards achieving the MDGs. Global poverty continues to decline, more children than ever are attending primary school, child deaths have dropped dramatically, access to safe drinking water has been greatly expanded, and targeted investments in fighting malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis have saved millions.
The MDGs are making a real difference in people’s lives and, with strong leadership and accountability, this progress can be expanded in most of the world’s countries by the target date of 2015.
After 2015, efforts to achieve a world of prosperity, equity, freedom, dignity and peace will continue unabated.
The UN is working with governments, civil society and other partners to build on the momentum generated by the MDGs and carry on with an ambitious post-2015 development agenda.
At the September 2010 MDG Summit, UN Member States initiated steps towards advancing the development agenda beyond 2015 and are now leading a process of open, inclusive consultations on the post-2015 agenda. Civil society organizations from all over the world have also begun to engage in the post-2015 process, while academia and other research institutions, including think tanks, are particularly active.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has established a UN System Task Team to coordinate preparations for beyond 2015 and to support the work of the High-level Panel that the Secretary-General has appointed to advise him on the post-2015 agenda. President Yudoyono of Indonesia, President Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom are co-chairs of the 26-member Panel, made up of civil society, private sector and government leaders.
The post-2015 agenda will reflect new development challenges and is linked to the outcome of “Rio+20” -- the UN Conference on Sustainable Development -- that took place in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Timeline
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Resources
- Task Team Report: Realizing the Future We Want For All
In this report, the UN System Task Team lays out a vision for transformative change towards the future we want. The report was prepared to inform the open and inclusive consultations that are taking place in preparation for an ambitious development agenda beyond 2015.
- Working Paper: Should global goal setting continue, and how, in the post-2015 era? (July 2012)
- Informal Summary of Side event at 2012 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review: Towards a Post-2015 Development Agenda (3 July 2012)
- Policy Note (UN Committee for Development Policy): The United Nations Development Strategy Beyond 2015 (June 2012)
- Background Paper: Advancing the global development agenda post-2015: Some practical suggestions (Jan Vandemoortele, April 2012)
- Background Paper: The MDGs after 2015: Some Reflections on the Possibilities (Deepak Nayyar, February 2012)
- Background Paper: MDGs post 2015: Beacons in turbulent times or false lights? (Rolph van der Hoeven, June 2012)
- Remarks by Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang: Briefing with UN Delegates on Post-2015 Development Agenda (28 February 2012)
- Remarks by Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang: Experts Group Meeting to support the advancement of the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda (27 February 2012)
- Meeting Summary: General Assembly Speakers Underscore Vital Importance of Building Momentum Towards Achieving MDGs, Discuss Post-2015 Agenda (2 December 2011)
- Opening Remarks by Under-Secretary-General Sha Zukang: Briefing hosted by the President of the General Assembly on advancing the UN development agenda beyond 2015 (4 November 2011)
- General Assembly Development Dialogue Panel Discussion: “Advancing the UN development agenda beyond 2015” (14 June 2011):
Thematic Think Pieces
Thematic think pieces were produced by the UN System Task Team on some of the key issues of the post-2015 development agenda.
- Countries with special needs
- Culture: a driver and an enabler of sustainable development
- Disaster risk and resilience
- Education and skills for inclusive and sustainable development beyond 2015
- Emerging development challenges for the post-2015 UN development agenda: Employment
- Imagining a world free from hunger: Ending hunger and malnutrition and ensuring food and nutrition security
- Governance and development
- Health in the post-2015 development agenda
- Towards freedom from fear and want: Human rights in the post-2015 agenda
- Addressing inequalities: The heart of the post-2015 agenda and the future we want for all
- Science, technology and innovation and intellectual property rights: The vision for development
- Macroeconomic stability, inclusive growth and employment
- Migration and human mobility
- Peace and security
- Population dynamics
- Social protection: A development priority in the post-2015 UN development agenda
- Building on the MDGs to bring sustainable development to the post-2015 development agenda
- Sustainable urbanization