Sustainable Development Goals and Millennium Development Goals
The conference was remarkable for kick-starting the process on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The conference recognized the importance and utility of having a set of sustainable development goals, based on Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
The SDGs would address and incorporate in a balanced way all three dimensions of sustainable development and their inter linkages.
Since SDGs are expected to become a part of the post- 2015 global development agenda, SDGs would guide the international community towards inclusive sustainable development.
As compared to SDGs, the Millennium development Goals (MDGs) were not developed through an inter- governmental process.
All the MDGs are applicable only to the developing countries except for MDG 8 which relates to aid and finance.
