(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama on Sunday stated that the US would achieve its global development goals, and create opportunities around the world.
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Sustainable Development Summit at United Nations headquarters in New York on Sep 27, 2015 (photo: Xinhua/Li Muzi)
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Speaking at the Sustainable Development Summit at the UN’s headquarters in New York on Sunday, he called for the combating of corruption and illicit finance, and promoting civil society groups.
On Friday, world leaders at the summit adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030.