Statement on Behalf of UNEP’s Major Group Facilitating Committee and Regional Representatives to the OECPR regarding Post 2015 Development Framework including the Sustainable Development Goals

The following Major Groups have endorsed this statement during the OECPR: Children and Youth, Farmers, Indigenous Peoples, Local Authorities, NGOs, Science and Technology, Women. We echo UNEP in its statement (Note #1) that the post 2015 development framework including the SDGs represents a ‘historical opportunity to shift from development siloes to a more integrated approach’. We believe that a human rights-based approach to environmental protection and economic development is indispensable to achieving a set of sustainable development goals that are balanced, coherent and comprehensive