Every city would do well to adopt the goals of the United Nations as there own. Why? See the proposed San Francisco Resolution to establish a UN Goals Advisory Committee. Here are some of the Whereas items from the proposed resolution:
WHEREAS, The seventeen awesome UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 detailed targets for 2030 were adopted unanimously by 193 nations on September 25, 2015, with 230 measurable indicators subsequently adopted; and
WHEREAS, The SDGs are meant to be implemented locally as well as nationally and globally and are already being implemented by Los Angeles and New York City; and
WHEREAS, The cities of the world stand for peace and disarmament, unlike many of the nations, particularly the nuclear armed nations; and
WHEREAS, Nuclear arms are a serious roadblock to the achievement of the SDGs, both directly for their expense and indirectly as a signal that we live in an us-vs-them world where it would seem foolish for nations to adopt the sense of international trust and cooperation that is needed to achieve the SDGs; and
WHEREAS, The goals of the UN are already being supported and implemented by San Francisco in many ways through resolutions, ordinances, Charter amendments, City departments, commissions and committees as well as by the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, The Environmental Department and Commission 1997 San Francisco Sustainability Plan already encompasses many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; and
WHEREAS, The Environmental Department and Commission’s Biodiversity Program is in tune with the UN’s Harmony with Nature program; and
WHEREAS, The SDG targets and indicators are in need of greater consideration by the City; and
WHEREAS, The goals of the UN are intertwined and must be addressed as a package as well as individually if they are to be achieved; and
WHEREAS, The goals of the UN provide a common framework making it easier for cities that have adopted these goals to cooperate regionally and globally; and
WHEREAS, By adopting the original goals of the UN as part of a larger package along with the SDGs, San Francisco can offer an example for the cities of the world that could lead by 2030 to an end to the scourge of war as well as to SDG success;
Are you a San Franciscan? Want to help make it happen? Read more at https://sfungoals.org and
CONTACT
Roger Eaton, CCI Exec Dir
voicesofhumanity@intermix.org
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