Compliance with SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
Introduction
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) or Global Goals, also
Known as Agenda 2030, they constitute a set of 17 interconnected global goals designed to be a “plan to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”.[1] The SDGs were established in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly (UN-GA) and are projected to be met by 2030. They are included in a UN-GA Resolution called 2030 Agenda.[2] The SDGs were developed in the Agenda. Post-2015 Development Goal as the future global development framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals.
The 17 SDGs are:
Background
In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were launched by the 189 members of the United Nations and other international organizations with the aim of ending poverty. They set 2015 as the goal to achieve the 8 objectives and 28 goals set, among them are reducing extreme poverty, infant mortality rates, fighting disease epidemics, such as HIV/AIDS, and promoting a global alliance for development.
The United Nations, with resolution 66/288, began the process in 2012 to define the Sustainable Development Goals, reviewing the problems facing humanity and seeking a solution to them. In this way, the United Nations has presented the need for an International Development Agenda and the SDGs. At the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference, a working group was created to develop a set of sustainable development goals. In principle, the United Nations had proposed "My World and the Sustainable Development Goals", which consisted of asking citizens of all ages, from as many countries as possible, and focusing on those who belong to the most vulnerable sectors, to choose six goals, from a list of sixteen, that they consider could change their lives. Among the most voted objectives were a good education, better health care, honest government and better job opportunities.
After a year of negotiations, the working group presented the recommendation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with 169 goals establishing their implementation period between 2015 and 2030.
While the Millennium Goals focused primarily on the social agenda, the new goals address interconnected themes of sustainable development such as economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection.