| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2015) 44 final (5.2.15) |
| Publication Date | 05/02/2015 |
| Content Type | Policy-making, Report |
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2015 is a pivotal year for global sustainable development and poverty eradication. Through the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, the international community is called to respond in a transformative manner to fundamental challenges facing the world today: eradicating poverty, achieving inclusive and sustainable development for present and future generations and ensuring the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental values as the basis for peaceful and prosperous societies. Two high-level international meetings in the year ahead provide the opportunity to agree on a new agenda, including a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and on the new global partnership to underpin it: the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa in July and the United Nations (UN) summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda in New York in September. This process must bring together and build upon earlier initiatives, in particular the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the 'Rio+20' Conference on Sustainable Development. Agreement on the post-2015 agenda will also have important implications for negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Significant progress has already been achieved through various processes at the UN. The report of the Open Working Group on SDGs, the report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing, and the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Synthesis Report, provide key contributions and show that a global agreement on an ambitious post-2015 development agenda is within reach. The European Union (EU) has consistently played an important and constructive role in these processes, providing key inputs and engaging actively with partners at all levels. The European Commission Communications of February 2013, July 2013 and June 2014 and the Council Conclusions of June 2013, December 2013 and December 2014 articulate the EU's vision for a post-2015 agenda that needs to be global and universal, incorporating all three dimensions of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental. Implementing such a far-reaching agenda presents a complex challenge but also a unique opportunity to redefine and strengthen the way the global community works together. In order to deliver the post-2015 agenda, a new global partnership for poverty eradication and sustainable development is required. For this global partnership to succeed, all will have to contribute. The EU is committed to playing its full part and to working constructively with others, looking forward to their active participation. Building on the Council Conclusions of December 2014, this Communication sets out the European Commission's views on the overarching principles and main components that the global partnership needs in order to support the post-2015 development agenda effectively. It puts forward proposals on how the EU and its Member States could contribute to the partnership. It emphasises the EU's willingness to positively engage in the global debate on the means of implementation for the future SDGs and will provide the basis for an EU common position in the intergovernmental negotiations. Proposals for possible actions to implement the post-2015 agenda are outlined in the annex. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2015:044:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
