UN General Assembly
2013

vulnerabilities and respond effectively to the impacts of climate change. It is visionary and timely to focus our debate on the theme of “The post-2015 development agenda: setting the stage” as we approach the end of a journey called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We are now ready to chart a new path, which we are calling the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the post- 2015 agenda. And as we do every fall, we have gathered to reaffirm our spirit for and commitment to a renewed multilateralism and genuine collective action and to reflect, assess, address and plan for how to realize the Charter’s principles of peace, justice, human rights, social progress and equal opportunity for all. However, our global efforts cannot be fully universal until the United Nations pragmatically recognizes the international contribution that the Republic of China on Taiwan has made and the responsibility it has undertaken to achieve the noble goals of the United Nations, as well as the MDGs and SDGs, thus improving the standards of living of millions all over the world. The Republic