Præsidenten for FNs generalforsamling skyder seks initiativer igang – fristen for de hidtidige 2015 mål nærmer sig med hastige skridt og FNs medlemslande skal formulere en ny og formentlig mere ambitiøs dagsorden for global fremdrift.
NEW YORK, 6 February 2014 (UN News Service): UN General Assembly President John Ashe Thursday launched a major effort to harness the support of all 193 United Nations Member States and civil society to formulate a new development agenda with the potential to guide the course of humankind away from poverty for decades to come.
“Like all of you, I am all too aware of the enormous challenges facing our globe,” he told a briefing of global civil society representatives from UN Headquarters in New York, adding:
“With the 2015 deadline looming, we need to be collectively focused on building momentum for the post-2015 agenda (frem mod 2030, red.).”
Mr. Ashe has made the effort to achieve a new post-2015 development agenda to succeed the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs = 2015 Målene) the hallmark of his year-long Assembly presidency which ends in September.
The MDGs, agreed by world leaders at a UN summit in 2000, aim to slash extreme hunger and poverty, cut maternal and infant mortality (mødre- og spædbørnsdødelighed), combat disease and provide access to universal education and health care, all by the end of 2015.
But these targets will not be reached in many countries and areas, and they will be incorporated in an even more ambitious post-2015 agenda.
Mr. Ashe said: “As President of the 68th session of the General Assembly, I see no greater task or mandate for my term than to support this vital process of getting the framework and content of the post-2015 development agenda right, so that people everywhere can live in dignity and with opportunities in their societies and economies…”
“I am confident that we can all come together around one global sustainable development agenda, with poverty eradication at its centre and with true ownership from both governmental and non-governmental actors alike.”
Mr. Ashe has set six major initiatives to jumpstart progress on sustainable development after 2015.
Tre højniveau-møder på vej
In the coming months he will convene three high-level events focused on
* women, youth and civil society (6-7 March);
* human rights and rule of law (17-18 June); and
* South-South cooperation, triangular cooperation and information communication technology (ICT) for development (20-21 May).
He will also initiate three thematic debates,
* on the role of partnerships (9-10 April);
* how stable and peaceful societies can contribute to development (24-25 April); and
* on the way that water, sanitation and sustainable energy (18-19 February) can contribute to the post-2015 development agenda.
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