Many of these goals sound great in theory - how they are implemented is the question. Public health advocates like myself may readily believe in the idea of a greater good to be achieved. However, the record of the United Nations and some non-governmental agencies have not been safe for children or women (sex trafficking of local children or women) and the offenders are not always stopped.
Great sounding goals may help raise funds that are then used in nefarious ways in addition to the public actions of UN Peacekeepers - a UN peace keeping force - and sometimes a sex trafficking force? That is not peace for women and children.
It is important to remain aware of what is being said publicly, and what is covered up. It can help reveal more accurately what the true motives may be. Increased control may be a goal. Easy access to poor children for malicious reasons may also be a goal. That is not peace, nor the greater good.
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United Nations Human Rights Treaties:
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): OHCHR.org
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: un.org/Sustainable Development Goals
Regional Centers:
- U.N. Economic Commission for Europe: UNECE.org
- U.N. Economic Commission for Africa: UNECA.org
- U.N. Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific: UNESCAP.org
- U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean: CEPAL.org/es
- U.N. Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia: UNESCWA.org
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and how they support or conflict with each other, along with examples of implementation projects, are available in a report that can be downloaded for all of the SDGs or as a chapter focused on each one: "A Guide to SDG Interactions from Science to Implementation," International Science Council.
See the Peace is Biodiversity topic post: Protecting Biodiversity Takes Teamwork, for U.N. and other organizations involved in global conservation and biodiversity protection.
United Nations Educational Resources: