UN General Assembly
2013

pandemics are being tackled. Nevertheless, fresh global challenges, such as climate change, are beginning to undermine the progress made. Communities in developing countries that have contributed least to the causes of climate change are suffering most from its effects. That is an injustice — clear and simple. It is a matter of fundamental human rights and equity. And it is critical for the future of all of our children, in a world which is reaching the limits of environmental sustainability, that this injustice be reversed. I had the privilege of taking part in this week’s special event on the Millennium Development Goals and co-chairing one of the round-table sessions. Ireland is proud to have co-facilitated the special event with South Africa and to have achieved an outcome document that will guide negotiations over the next two years on completing the MDGs and crafting the post- 2015 development agenda. I believe that when world leaders gather at the United Nations in 2015, we can and should be ready to adopt a new set of global goals aimed at achieving a