he United Nations System in Tanzania in collaboration with the Commission of Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG), Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs on 8th December, 2015 had a symposium to commemorate the 2015 Human Rights Day at the Peacock Hotel, along Bibi Titi Road, Mnazi Mmoja in Dar es Salaam.
The focus of the symposium was Linkage between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Human Rights. The debate has engaged government officials and youth on the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals specifically focusing on Goal # 2 ( Quality Education); Goal 10 ( Reduced inequalities among and within nations); SDG 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 16 ( Peace Justice and Strong institutions) .
The Panelists at the symposium included UNDP, Haki Elimu; CHRAGG and ESRF.
On the SDG's, There are 17 SDGs and 169 targets that were unanimously adopted by all 193 member states at the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015. The SDGs build on the goal-setting agendas of United Nations conferences and the widely successful Millennium Development Goals that have improved the lives of millions of people. The new agenda recognizes that the world is facing immense challenges, ranging from widespread poverty, rising inequalities and enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth and power to environmental degradation and the risks posed by climate change.
These new SD goals are the result of national consultations conducted within all member states. The new goals are a result of global concensus and they aim to leave no one behind.
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations