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The successes and the shortfalls of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have paved the way for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which has prompted the nations to update and reconfigure its priorities. The 17 SDGs and 169 targets announced at the UN General Assembly of 2015 hope to stimulate action over the next fifteen years and unanimously accept the interconnectedness between ‘people’ and ‘planet’ and the need for ‘partnerships’ to achieve ‘prosperity’.
The sustainable development goals
seek to change the course of the 21st century, addressing key challenges such
as poverty, hunger, health, education, decent work, climate change, clean energy,
inequality, and violence against women among other things. The new SDGs, and the broader sustainability agenda, go much further
than the MDGs, addressing the root causes of poverty and the universal need for
development that works for all people.
In this context, GPPI-CPR and GHS
jointly organised a roundtable discussion on “Putting India at the Centre of the SDG Narrative” on August 10,
2016, to discuss India’s role given the new goals (SDGs) and key opportunities
for Parliamentarians. The discussion was led by Mr. CK Mishra, Secretary and Mission Director National
Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Dr. N K Arora, Executive
Director, The INCLEN Trust International.
This discussion is part of a
collaborative series of roundtables organized by both GPPI-CPR and GHS aimed to
educate and equip political leaders for comprehensive child survival
interventions for diseases that kill a large percentage of our children in the
country; create awareness and utilise platforms to raise the profile of child
survival.
25
current and former Members of Parliament representing both Houses participated
in this discussion.
