The United Nations: New Horizons for Sustainable Development
... anniversary session. The document " Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development " contains a comprehensive action plan for a global development strategy and will come into effect on 1 January 2016. Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals The United Nations' idea of uniting efforts to draw out common development goals has deep historical roots. The first United Nations Development Decade , adopted in 1961, a so-called programme of international economic cooperation, was focused on promoting ...