CRI听力:2030 Agenda Adopted at UN Summit

"Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" is composed of 17 goals and 169 targets.

It's set to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the UN Sustainable Development Summit on Friday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the agenda is a promise by leaders to all people everywhere.

Ban says these goals are a blueprint for a better future. To reach those goals, partnership and commitment are necessary.

"We need action from everyone, everywhere. 17 sustainable development goals are our guide, they are a total list for people and planet and the blueprint for success. To achieve these global goals, we need your high level political commitment. We will need a renewed global partnership."

Wu Hongbo is deputy secretary of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Wu believes the passing of the 2030 agenda is of great significance to the development of human society.

"Integrating sustainable consumption and sustainable production together, the 2030 Agenda has landmark significance to each country and people all over the world. People will gradually realize its significance as time goes on."

The negotiation of this agenda lasted three years.

It aims to build on the work of the historic Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire this month.

The UN Secretary-General says China contributed a lot to the Millennium Development Goals.

"China has been contributing great in implementing the millennium development goals which meet deadline by September this year. The MDG is most successful global region to end poverty, in that regard, China has made great contribution."

The Millennium Development Goals was adopted at the UN summit in 2000. It rallied the world around a common 15-year agenda to tackle the indignity of poverty.

The three-day UN Development Assembly began on Friday. It also marks the 70 years anniversary of establishment of the world organization.