ONE Responds to Release of UN report on Sustainable Development Goals
NEW YORK – The United Nations today released their synthesis report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to member states. The report brings together existing information on the SDGs, which will replace the current Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
Speaking in response, Michael Elliott, President and CEO of The ONE Campaign, said:
2015 is a really big deal. The UN Secretary General’s report is a welcome drive to kickstart the global effort to end extreme poverty by 2030, and we echo his calls for an ambitious plan to finance the next chapter for development.
“These draft goals could yet become the basis of a global contract for a world where nobody lives in hunger or dies of extreme poverty. But that won’t happen unless people have access to information and can hold governments and others to account.
“Meanwhile, if 2015 is to realize its promise, leaders need to step up right at the beginning of the year. They have a perfect chance to do so at the Gavi replenishment conference in Berlin. We will be watching to see if world leaders deliver the resources to fund enough vaccinations to save more than 5 million lives in the next five years