Challenges, UTA Perspective

The next five years will be crucial for international cooperation and development. One of the major challenges facing the UTA will be the negotiation of a universal framework for poverty eradication and sustainable development for the post-2015 period.
The new framework should ensure basic living conditions, promote inclusive and sustainable growth, contribute to the sustainable management of our natural resources, guarantee justice, fairness and equality, and take into account the special situation of countries in conflict and fragile situations. We will continue to advocate for an ambitious post-2015 framework and will ensure that priorities are taken into account in all relevant fora.

Other key priorities will include strengthening the strategic partnership with Africa. The UTA will give absolute priority to respect for human rights, good governance, and gender equality in all dialogues and aid programs with partner countries, and will ensure that all its policies respect and support the objectives of North-South cooperation and sustainable development.
2015 is a crucial year because it marks the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It is also the year that major international decisions will have to be made regarding the development framework for the coming decades.
This is why 2015 has been designated the “Year of Development.”

Under the theme "Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future," United Nations agencies and Member States, in cooperation with civil society organizations, will conduct activities aimed at informing the general public about development cooperation actions undertaken by Member States, as well as encouraging critical thinking and citizen participation.