UN General Assembly
2013

even regressing, owing to emerging issues, especially the loss of ODA as we graduate from the status of a least developed country (LDC), while persistent challenges hinder the achievement of the whole set of MDGs. Therefore, achieving and sustaining the progress on the MDGs will remain the key development challenge for the future. In formulating the post-2015 developmental agenda, we should be mindful of the fact that MDGs are multidimensional and interconnected. They are not an end in themselves or a final solution, but merely a beginning. The Maldives is encouraged by the multi-stakeholder mechanisms that are ongoing within the United Nations. It is our hope that all of those mechanisms will be considered holistically and not in isolation, as we move towards a more concrete post-2015 development agenda. It is also our sincere hope that the Millennium Development Goals will not be left non-fulfilled and that the post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs) are not seen in isolation from the MDGs. We hope that the sustainable development