With the consensus of the 193 delegations participating in the conference, held in June in Brazil, the proposal on the SDG is placed at the same level as the Millennium Development Goals.

The SDG are intended to be a political and technical reference for developing national and regional intersectoral efforts facing the environmental outlook in the world. This is an instrument that seeks to identify gaps and specific characteristics of the populations in relation to the sustainable use of natural resources and food security.

For the definition of the SDG a group of 30 countries has been created that will work by regions throughout 2012. One of the groups is “Latin America and the Caribbean”, responsible for setting common objectives for the region.

You can review the proposal here:

http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/politics/environmental/sustainable