Editor’s Note: SDG Milestone
The UN Secretary General addressed the General Assembly on 4 December 2014 to present the Synthesis Report below. The Report attempts to distill the SGD work to date, and speak to the current 17 goals and 169 targets identified. At the end of this edition we present the full text of the section of the report which outlines six, newly-drafted, “essential elements for delivering on the SDGs” which will likely provide a new focus for GA debate and a new conceptual platform for the SDG work ahead. This was also distributed as a special edition of The Sentinel on 4 December 2014]

The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet – Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General On the Post-2015 Agenda
United Nations
New York
December 2014 :: 47 pages
pdf:http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5527SR_advance%20unedited_final.pdf
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3.3. Six essential elements for delivering on the SDGs
:: Dignity: to end poverty and fight inequalities
:: People: to ensure healthy lives, knowledge, and the inclusion of women and
children
:: Prosperity: to grow a strong, inclusive, and transformative economy
:: Planet: to protect our ecosystems for all societies and our children
:: Justice: to promote safe and peaceful societies, and strong institutions
:: Partnership: to catalyse global solidarity for sustainable development

Announcing New Synthesis Report on Post-2015 Development Agenda, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Future Goals Must Focus on Human Rights, Prosperity
4 December 2014
SG/SM/16396-GA/11596-DEV/3155
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on the Synthesis Report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, in New York, on 4 December:
December 2014…