UN Chronicle
Vol. LI No. 3 2014 December 2014
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Beyond 2015
The report of the Open Working Group of the United Nations General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals, submitted to the Assembly in August 2014, contained 17 goals with 169 targets covering a broad range of sustainable development issues. In this issue, the UN Chronicle takes a closer look at those proposed Sustainable Development Goals.

Goal 1—End Poverty in All its Forms Everywhere
Charles Kenny
If we’re going to set a zero goal for global poverty in the post-2015 development agenda, it has to be an absolute goal, and not one set relative to national poverty lines, and the process of setting the new global poverty line should be open, transparent and participatory.

Goal 2—Creating New Paths for Nutrition, Agriculture and Food Systems
Anna Lartey
Recent trends in industrialization, globalization and commercialization have profound implications for what foods are being produced, the degree to which they are being processed, and how people are consuming them.

Goal 3—The SDGs and a Healthier 2030
Lauren Barredo, Irene Agyepong, Gordon Liu and Srinath Reddy
Health is fundamental to human development. All people, regardless of social status, consistently rank good health as a top priority, and healthy people are critical to sustaining societies. It is therefore not surprising that four of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) directly relate to health.