The international community has been striving to shape a safer and richer future for the world. This was the purpose of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2000 for the first 15 years of the new millennium. Great progress has been achieved since 2000: the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day has been halved; and for every 100 boys receiving primary education in the world, there are 97 girls in primary school, up from 92 in 1999. The number of Malaria deaths has been cut by 30 percent but much remains to be done, notably in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The UN General Assembly in September this year examined a new Post-2015 Development Agenda, which builds on what was accomplished by the MDGs. While the MDGs focused the challenges facing developing countries, chiefly the eradication of poverty, the Post-2015 Agenda tackles the truly global need to protect life on our planet by reconciling the needs of our societies and economies with those of the environment. This new development agenda will be built around a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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