Sustainability is key to development goals

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متوفر باللغة العربية As the United Nations General Assembly meets in New York this week, the global community should look beyond the 2015 expiry of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We need to embrace environmental sustainability to alleviate poverty, and to ensure that economic growth does not generate inequality. Development challenges must be addressed worldwide, going beyond the traditional divides of north versus south, or rich versus poor.