The UN's High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda has released its much anticipated report on what should follow the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in 2015.
Titled 'A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development', the report calls for an end to extreme poverty by 2030 (defined as people earning less than $1.25 a day), and sets out 12 illustrative goals, which will act as a guide for any future framework.
The report also calls for "universal goals, national targets". It states that whilst universal goals are vital to any framework, "almost all targets should be set at the national level or even local level".
The panel, which was co-chaired by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, consulted more than 5,000 civil society groups from 121 countries.
UNA-UK is a part of Beyond 2015 which is a global campaign with over 700 participating organisations in over 100 countries. Beyond 2015 is calling for an ambitious post-2015 agenda in line with our vision of a more equitable and sustainable world. The Beyond 2015 press release in response to the report can be read here.
This news story will be updated with further reaction. UNA-UK plans to publish its own recommendations in response to the report in due course.
UPDATE
UNA-UK Policy Advisory Group member, Alex Evans, has co-authored a paper which appraises the reception the High Level Panel's report has received and assesses the next steps for the post-2015 development agenda.
