UN General Assembly
2011

committed to measures that mitigate the effects of climate change and enable us to adapt to them. We are participating in the preparations for the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, which will take place in July 2012, with a proposal we have been developing in consultation with other countries. We believe that one of the main results of Rio+20 should be the establishment of a set of sustainable development goals based on the agenda that was approved in the first conference and echoing the Millennium Development Goals. The guiding principles were established in Rio in 1992, and an implementation plan was agreed on in Johannesburg in 2002. Today, 20 years later, we need to define a set of goals that allow us to measure achievements, identify shortcomings and determine the opportunities for advancement. The planet and its future demand that we work with goals, with specific indicators of results that ensure the efficacy of our efforts. A year ago I said that thanks to advances in economic and social security, Colombia was at the