4 | NEW REALITIES AND PERSISTENT CHALLENGES POINT TO A BROADER AGENDA THE CONSULTATIONS ARE POINTING TO AN EMERGING CONSENSUS ON THE NEED FOR AN EXPANDED MDG AGENDA TO RESPOND TO PERSISTENT CHALLENGES AND NEW REALITIES FACED BY ALL COUNTRIES.
Young woman calling for environmental education during the thematic consultation on Environmental Sustainability (Photo: UNDP)
While the MDGs should remain a fundamental part of any new agenda, many participants in the consultations said that they do not capture the full range of challenges they face. This perception is driven both by the persistence of longstanding underlying issues, such as public accountability and inequalities, and also due to the vastly different world global leaders must plan for now and in the future.
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