The Sustainable Development Goals

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Eight months ago on September 25, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/Res/70/1 which deals with the development agenda for a 15-year period.  It means that come September 2016 Guyana will have 14 years in which to achieve the goals set out in the resolution aforementioned.  The resolution in reference deals with the world attempting to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030.  The SDGs consist of 17 objectives and 169 targets that the international community feels must be achieved if the world is to be without poverty by 2030 and for its inhabitants to live in peace and share in global prosperity.  It is a tall order since poverty and war are not caused by any specific issue which could prevent them from happening.  However, since man lives in hope, there is the belief that all things are possible and some solution might be found to make it possible to eliminate poverty and the seeds of war.  This article will identify the sustainable development goals and briefly explain their purposes.  Next week’s articles will discuss the