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New York, USA -  The Sustainable Development Goals represent a transformative agenda. The objective is to transform the economies and societies of developing countries with a view to eliminating poverty by 2030.

The main international networks of local and regional government gather in New-York to celebrate the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Much political attention is focussed on the growing migration and refugee crisis in the Mediterranean and the Middle East , the Indian Ocean, the US-Mexican border and elsewhere.

On August 3, U. N.

Final SDGs text, likely to be adopted in full at September summit, seen as bolstering local authorities.

Language around next year’s cities conference is under discussion during the final week of negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals text.