AT HIGH-LEVEL FORUM, UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR FINAL PUSH TOWARDS NEW SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA

New York Jul 6 2015 1:00PM

with breaking news from the UN News Service

A wide view of the ECOSOC Chamber. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

AT HIGH-LEVEL FORUM, UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR FINAL PUSH TOWARDS NEW SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA

The international community stands on the cusp of eradicating extreme poverty and reaching the world’s most vulnerable
people with “a chance to live a life of dignity,” the Vice-President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) declared today, as he appealed to delegates to strengthen the platforms for implementing the new development agenda that will be
adopted in September.
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In 2015, world must ‘realize great dream’ of sustainable development
for all – UN Economic and Social Council chief

The President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today opened the High-Level Political Forum
on Sustainable Development, declaring that 2015 must be the year when the world’s people and leaders realize the dream of a new sustainability agenda.
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