hello everybody my name is Zohir Chowdhury, and today we'll talk about the Millennium Development
Goals or MDGs and the sustainable development goals or the SDGs so Millennium Development Goals
MDGs these were goals that came into being in the year 2000 and they were signed by all 191 United
Nations member states and the achievement target was by year 2015 you can find more information
about the Millennium Development Goals by going to the specific link under the United Nations website
so what were these eight goals that it goes are listed in here and they're also shown on this
side so goal number one to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger goal number two should to
achieve universal primary education goal number three to promote gender equality and empower
women good number four to reduce child mortality goal number five to improve maternal health goal
number six to achieve hiv/aids malaria and other diseases goal number seven to ensure environmental
sustainability and finally collaborate to develop a global partnership for development
if you carefully look at these eight goals they mostly apply to developing countries like you
know extreme poverty universal primary education and then reduce child mortality improve maternal
health many of these things mostly apply to developing countries the application of the MDGs
to develop countries it's not as much and that was a big problem with the MDGs however by by the 2015
when this goes and it new goals had it had to be had to be devised so the question is when did the
MDG end again 2015 so the system Development Goal were adopted in year 2 2015 and will be
ending by 2030 so this new sets of goal known as the sustainable development goals they are
different from the Millennium Development Goals in a sense that again the Millennium Development
Goal just expired and the system different goals started the MDGs focusing on developing countries
whereas the stds are more universals and applies to all countries of the globe the MDGs have eight
goals whereas sustainable different goals have 17 goals so what are these SDGs a set of 17 goals for
the world's future through 2030 backed up by a set of 139 detailed targets and negotiated over
two year period identity nations and also it's a great but nearly all of the world's nation on 25
September 2015 and so let's delve into this 17s DG's the first five of the SDGs are essentially
reiterating some of the same goals that were also covered under the MDGs essentially the unfinished
business of the MDGs these are goal number one for the SDGs no poverty essentially and poverty
in all form in and in all its forms everywhere though number two and hunger achieve food security
and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture call number three ensure healthy lives
and promote wellbeing for all all ages number four ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all angle number five achieve gender equality
and empower all women and girls one thing to note in here even though these are very similar to the
MDGs but if you look at them carefully they do not only apply to developing countries they also apply
to develop countries because if you think fully poverty is found in almost all developed countries
hunger or for security or lack of nutrition is also seen in many parts of the developed society
and then if you look at each one of them you'll see that these goals are worded in a manner that
irrespective of whether you are a developed or developing nations you can actually make these
goals as your own goal for the country and that's what makes the SDG is different from the NDG MDGs
even though these five goals were unfinished business of the MDGs they were not achieved
properly now they are have been revised in a much much broader manner so goal number six to eleven
these are new areas that are covered by the SDGs and they are call number six ensure availability
and sustainable management of water sanitation for all well number seven ensure access to affordable
reliable sustainable and modern energy for all because number eight promotes sustained
inclusive and sustainable economic growth full and productive employment and decent work for all goal
number nine build resilient infrastructure promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization
and foster innovation call number ten reduce inequality within and among countries and goal
number eleven make cities and human settlements inclusive safe resilient and sustainable in this
new areas you will noticed a word that keeps him coming over and over again more or less look at
goal number six that works sustainable goal number seven sustainable goal number eight sustained and
sustainable goal number nine sustainable goal number ten it's not in here but it's implied
call number eleven sustainable so again these are the sustainable development goals in fact
the word sustainable is kind of repeated in many of them one way or the other or is implied by the
specific wording green agendas starting from goal number 12 to 15 so goal number 12 ensures
sustainable consumption and production patterns 13 take urgent action to combat climate change
and it's impacts acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
is the primary international intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to
climate change well number 14 conserve and sustainably use the ocean seas and marine
resources for sustainable development goal number 15 protect restore and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems sustainably managed forests combat desertification and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss again for goals known as the green agendas they all
encompasses the worst sustainability over and over again and the objective is to really foster
an environment that is sustainable for the long run by - responsible consumption and production
and preservation of what we have and fighting climate change against adverse health effects of
climate change good number 16 and 17 are slightly different 16 deals with peace justice and strong
institution where 17 is partnership because without partnership with other like-minded
organizations and countries it is difficult to achieve this very difficult global goals it is
extremely important to form strong partnership that will that will steer the entire globe towards
achieving this lofty objectives so in summary what is new and different about the 17s DG's first of
all the word universality is extremely extremely applicable in here first for most discos applied
to every nation and every sectors so cities businesses schools an organization all a challenge
to act and this is called universality what is new integration the second it is recognized that
the goals are all interconnected in a system we cannot aim to achieve just one goal we must
achieve them all this is called integration and next is transformation it is widely recognized
that achieving these goals involves making very big fundamental changes in how we live on earth
this is called transformation all right so let's do some quick conceptions how it goes at air in
the United Nations Millennium Development Goals that's correct our eight goals how
many goals were there are there in the United Nations sustainable development goals d-17
goals all right so what are the similarities and differences between the MDGs and SDGs a
critical thinking question so think about them the similarities and differences by going over
the slides and you'll be able to understand the two concepts really well all right thank you