Leaving No One Behind: Equality and Non-Discrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development
Publisher: United Nations System
Date: 2017
Topics: Assessment, Basic Services, Gender, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming
In April 2016, the members of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) committed to put the imperative to eliminate discrimination and reduce inequalities within and among countries at the heart of the United Nations system’s efforts to support Member States in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This publication opens with this CEB statement and then sets out a whole-of-system Shared Framework for Action, which was endorsed by the CEB in November 2016. The Shared Framework aims to establish a common understanding of the challenge of rising inequalities and pervasive discrimination and to put forward a common programme for action. The Framework specifies elements of a comprehensive and coherent package of policy and programme support at the national, regional and global levels; promotes a common, system-wide approach to the analysis and monitoring of inequalities and discrimination, and their root causes; and identifies ways to strengthen accountability measures. Once implemented, the Framework will support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a way that leaves no one behind.