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The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Are Outdated

Countries committed to end poverty. They never accounted for forever wars.

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Are Outdated

The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, set in 2015, aim to end poverty, hunger, and disease by 2030. However, the world is currently facing an era of multiple and growing forever wars, which is hindering progress towards these goals. World leaders are about to choose a new United Nations secretary-general, who will face the uncomfortable truth that these goals are in retreat.

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