INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK

The Sustainable Deve¬lop¬ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. Thanks to concerted efforts of many Governments and development partners, child mortality continues to fall. Hepatitis is on the retreat, while new chronic hepatitis B virus infections is nearly zero. Access to electricity has increased globally and the proportion of urban

The “Partnerships for Sustainable Development Goals online platform” is United Nations’ global registry of voluntary commitments and multi-stakeholder partnerships made in support of sustainable development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The platform is open to all stakeholders, including member states, civil society, local authorities, private sector, scientific and technological community, academia, and others, to

Four years ago, world leaders came together at the United Nations and adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Though the availability of timely, disaggregated data across all countries and all targets and indicators to inform the present report remains a challenge, a clear picture is emerging of the state of implementation of the SDGs

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, convened under the auspices of the General Assembly, 24-25 September 2019, approved a political declaration launching an “ambitious and accelerated” new decade of action in pursuit of critical development targets. By the terms of the declaration, Heads of State, Ministers and other senior Government officials reaffirmed their pledges

The present Global Sustainable Development Report was prepared following the decision of the United Nations Member States at the 2016 high-level political forum for sustainable development (HLPF). The Report reflects the universal, indivisible and integrated nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It also seeks to strengthen the science-policy interface as an evidence-based instrument