Symposium on Disability and the Sustainable Development Goals

The speech below was first posted here on Medium. It was given by Liz Ditchburn, Director of Policy Division for the Department for International Development (DFID) during the first day of the 2016 International Symposium Disability in the Sustainable Development Goals. The theme for this symposium was: Forming Alliances and Building Evidence for the 2030 Agenda. Speech as delivered: “Much of what Catalina said I would like to give my own take on. I was very privileged to be in the UN General Assembly when the gavel came down on the Global Goals. This is going to be something which I hold in my heart for the rest of my life. There are a few things about this set of Global Goals that really set them apart from their predecessors. They genuinely integrate all of the issues that we think are important for development. We finally have this integrated set of Global Goals which include everyone. They are universal. They are not just about a set of goals for countries out there. They are for all of us. They carry responsibilities and obligations for all of us both in terms of the way that we operate here but also for us as global citizens through the work we are doing at DFID. The feature that really sets them apart and is a game changer from the previous set of goals is the promise to leave no one behind. Our Prime Minster, David Cameron, along with other leaders from around the world, made this promise to leave no one behind. Why did the idea of leaving no one behind become su...
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