Nepal has called upon all UN member states to direct concerted efforts to complete the unfinished tasks of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before embarking on the subsequent sustainable development goals.
Khil Raj Regmi, chairman of Nepalese Council of Ministers, made the statement while addressing the annual high-level debate of the UN General Assembly, which entered its fifth day here Saturday.
He said that there is a need to build on the foundation of the MDGs, leaving nobody behind in the global development efforts.
He added any new development agenda that does not keep the elimination of extreme poverty at the center stage loses the spirit of sustainability.
The 193-member General Assembly has asked all the UN member states to set the stage for the post-2015 development agenda, which will be hammered out next year to define the global development in 2015 and beyond.
