A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development: The report of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

This report covers the recommendations provided by the members of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel (HLP) Of Eminent Persons On The Post-2015 Development Agenda. The HLP is optimistic that a transformation to end poverty through sustainable development is possible within this generation and outlines five transformational shifts, applicable to both developed and developing countries alike, including a new Global Partnership as the basis for a single, universal post-2015 agenda that will deliver this vision.

A new development agenda is expected to carry forward the spirit of the Millennium Declaration and the best of the MDGs, with a practical focus on things like poverty, hunger, water, sanitation, education and healthcare. But to fulfil the vision of promoting sustainable development, one must go beyond the MDGs. They did not focus enough on reaching the very poorest and most excluded people and were silent on the devastating effects of conflict and violence on development. The importance to development of good governance and institutions that guarantee the rule of law, free speech and open and accountable government was not included, nor the need for inclusive growth to provide jobs. Most seriously, the MDGs fell short by not integrating the economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable development as envisaged in the Millennium Declaration, and by not addressing the need to promote sustainable patterns of consumption and production. The result was that environment and development were never properly brought together. People were working hard – but often separately – on interlinked problems.

United Nations Publications 2013

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