Legal basis: 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development
54. After intergovernmental negotiations involving all parties, we agreed on the following goals and specific targets according to the recommendation of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals 15 (the background of the proposal was introduced in the introduction).
55. Sustainable development goals and targets are a whole, indivisible, global and universally applicable, taking into account each country's national conditions, capabilities and development level, and respecting each country's policies and priorities. Specific goals are global goals that people are eager to achieve, which are formulated by governments according to the overall goals of the international community and considering their own national conditions. Governments will also decide how to incorporate these inspiring global goals into their own plans, policies and strategies. It must be recognized that sustainable development is interrelated with other related work in the economic, social and environmental fields.
56. In setting these goals and targets, we recognize that each country faces specific challenges in achieving sustainable development. We highlight the specific challenges faced by the most vulnerable countries, especially African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, as well as middle-income countries. We should also pay special attention to countries caught in conflict.
57. We recognize that baseline data for some targets are still not available, and we call for further assistance to strengthen data collection and capacity-building in Member States in order to establish national and global baseline data in countries lacking such data. We are committed to filling the gaps in data collection so that we can use more information to measure progress, especially those specific targets without clear numerical indicators.
58. We encourage countries to continue their efforts in other forums to address major issues that may pose challenges to the implementation of this agenda; And respect the independent tasks of these processes. We hope that the agenda and its implementation will support, not hinder, these other processes and the decisions they take.
59. We recognize that each country can adopt different ways, visions, models and means to achieve sustainable development according to its national conditions and priorities; We reiterate that the earth and its ecosystem are our common home, and "Mother Earth" is a common expression used by many countries and regions.