Editing Millennium Development Goals (section)

==Next set of goals (SDGs)==
{{Main|Sustainable development goals}}
Although there have been major advancements and improvements achieving some of the MDGs even before the deadline of 2015, the progress has been uneven between the countries. In 2012 the UN Secretary-General established the "UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda", bringing together more than 60 UN agencies and international organizations to focus and work on sustainable development.<ref name="ECOSOC MDGs Post Agenda">{{cite web |title=Millennium Development Goals and post-2015 Development Agenda |url=https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/about/mdg.shtml |access-date=18 September 2014 |website=The United Nations}}</ref>

At the MDG Summit, UN Member States discussed the [[Post-2015 Development Agenda]] and initiated a process of consultations. Civil society organizations also engaged in the post-2015 process, along with academia and other research institutions, including think tanks.<ref>{{cite web |title=United Nations Millennium Development Goals |url=https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/beyond2015.shtml |access-date=14 October 2012 |publisher=Un.org}}</ref>

The [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs) are the goals and targets relating to future sustainable development for 2030 once the MDGs expired at the end of 2015.

On 31 July 2012, Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] appointed 26 public and private leaders to advise him on the post-MDG agenda.<ref>{{cite web |title=UN Secretary-General Appoints High-Level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda |url=https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/Press%20release_post-2015panel.pdf |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Un.org}}</ref>

In 2014, the UN's [[Commission on the Status of Women]] agreed on a document that called for the acceleration of progress towards achieving the millennium development goals, and confirmed the need for a stand-alone goal on gender equality and women's empowerment in post-2015 goals, and for gender equality to underpin all of the post-2015 goals.<ref>Ford, Liz (23 March 2014).  [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/mar/23/campaigners-welcome-agreement-un-gender-csw-talks "Campaigners Welcome 'Milestone' Agreement at UN Gender Equality Talks."]  ''[[The Guardian]]''.  Retrieved from TheGuardian.com, 8 February 2019.</ref>