UN General Assembly
2013

coherent set of goals for effective delivery and results at all levels, in accordance with the Rio de Janeiro Conference decisions. The new framework should reinforce the international community’s commitment to poverty eradication and sustainable development. In that respect, we set up an interministerial ad hoc working group to develop our national vision to frame the future goals we wish to promote, along with our partners, during the ongoing negotiations on this issue. In our view, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) should be universal and applicable to all States and should provide references and clear suggestions for action and innovative mechanisms for measuring their implementation, in order to ensure sustainable development. At the same time, the goals should be based on national ownership and take into account differing national circumstances so as to provide political space and the right to development for each country, and should address, as cross-cutting issues, the perspective of human rights, peace and security, good governance, gender equality, the rule of law and equity. Not least, we welcome the establishment of the