United Nations targets include the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030
Mr Varadkar said the sustainable development goals effectively were about providing a basic standard in the world in relation to health, education, gender equality, the environment and human rights.
“I think that makes sense to people no matter who you are, no matter where you live in the world, what your position is in society, there is a basic standard and basic floor below which nobody should fall.” He said the declaration, which was agreed on Monday, “really refocuses the world’s commitment on achieving some of those goals, particularly around the environment around health education around gender equality”.
Asked about whether it was too ambitious to see the implementation of some of the sustainable development goals by 2030, the Taoiseach said he believed the most achievable related to infant mortality and poverty eradication.“Just to give one example, 800 million people around the world, just since 2010, have been connected to electricity, and just imagine how that transforms lives.
“The world is moving in the right direction in terms of mortality in terms of perinatal deaths, in terms of extreme poverty, but nowhere near where we committed to be between now and 2030.”
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