Subject: Fwd: Secretary's Remarks: Conclusion of Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
From: Daniella Ballou-Aares <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:10:31 -0400

Dear John - It wasn't easy, but exciting that we have a deal on the new
2030 agenda and goals. Imperfect but important. And your leadership was
critical even if it was sorely missed within the USG in the last few
months.  We are now moving towards implementation - obviously not a short
term effort.

I'm still hung up on women and data as central to success. We are fully
launching at UNGA the really exciting Global Data Partnership we launched
in Addis with Mexico, Senegal , ONE Campaign, MasterCard and now we are up
to more than 30 partners. Here's a recent blog I did on the topic.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jul/13/big-small-data-global-development

I can only imagine how busy the campaign is keeping you. Hope one day to
get your thoughts on SDG implementation. Maybe when I next go home to
Brooklyn to see my mom I'll stop in : )

Best, Daniella

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08/02/2015 09:38 PM EDT

Conclusion of Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
August 2, 2015

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I applaud today’s successful conclusion of negotiations on an ambitious,
inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda.

The goals and aspirations conveyed through these negotiations expand on the
successes seen under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), established
by the global community 15 years ago. Those successes include a dramatic
drop in the share of the world’s people living in extreme poverty, an
equally dramatic increase in the number of people with access to clean
water, and long-sought parity among girls and boys in primary-school
enrollment.

This bold new agenda of sustainable development goals features
transformative objectives for the next 15 years: eradicating extreme
poverty; ensuring environmental sustainability and conservation; advancing
gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls; and building
peaceful, well-governed, and economically prosperous societies to ensure
that we leave no one behind. It also strengthens our collective fight
against those challenges we know keep setting us back, like conflict and
climate change.

This agenda reflects our evolving understanding of how development works,
beginning with local empowerment, ownership, and leadership, and made real
through strong partnerships among governments, multinational institutions,
nonprofit organizations, private companies, and individual citizens, which
instill accountability and drive inclusive economic growth.

The close of negotiations marks a pivotal moment of international consensus
on a common vision for our planet’s future. This is a vision of a better
world that provides opportunities for the most vulnerable, and puts our
planet on a sustainable path. We must now turn our attention towards
implementation to make this vision a reality.

We look forward to participating in this fall’s United Nations Summit for
the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and setting the course for
sustained development progress for people around the globe for decades to
come.

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