Sustainable Development Goals

IPA and the SDGs

The IPA is committed to working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were developed by the United Nations. These are universal goals for everyone, everywhere. Their motto is to ‘leave no one behind’.

Our Commitment to the SDGs


In 2015, all United Nations Member States agreed to these 17 goals as part of a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.

Each of the three IPA Priority Actions to honour and advance the rights of: women and children; the rights of the earth; and the rights of indigenous and tribal people, can be clearly linked to particular SDGs, and their targets, as shown in this image.

Our particular UN Advocacy Focus for 2020-2022 is the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Children.
Read more about the IPA Priority Actions

Reflecting on the SDGs


In 2022, the USA Union compiled a series of seventeen reflections, one for every Sustainable Development Goal, to be used as a resource during Advent. The introduction points out that we are half-way to the year 2030, but these Goals are
now in jeopardy along with the future of humanity and this planet Earth.


“We must rise higher to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals – and stay true to our promise of a world of peace, dignity and prosperity on a healthy planet.”
~ António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations

Download the SDG Goals Reflection

Learn more about the SDGs

Click the image to visit the office UN SDGs website
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