A/HRC/29/34 End poverty in all its forms everywhere; (2) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture; (3) Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages; (4) Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all; (5) Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; (6) Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; (7) Ensure access to affordable, reliable and sustainable and modern energy for all; (8) Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all; (9) Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation; (10) Reduce inequality within and among countries; (11) Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; (12) Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; (13) Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; (14) Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development; (15) Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss; (16) Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels; (17) Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. 36. There is much to praise in the approach of the international community to the post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals. While IDPs are not explicitly referred to in the currently proposed goals and targets, several have the potential, directly or indirectly, to have a positive impact on IDPs, including through new or enhanced focus areas, for example, to reduce inequality; to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; and to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Nevertheless, it is essential that broad references to and definitions of “vulnerable”, “marginalized” and “disadvantaged” groups explicitly include IDPs. 37. That having been said, it is not sufficient to simply include IDPs in a list of vulnerable groups. In a joint note sent to the United Nations Secretary-General in October 2014, the Special Rapporteur, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed concern that, despite strong support from many Member States, a dedicated displacement target was omitted from the final report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (A/68/97).12 A dedicated target on reducing the number of IDPs and refugees by providing durable solutions, contained under proposed sustainable development goal 16 on achieving peaceful and inclusive societies would be a valuable step towards that end. 38. In December 2014, the synthesis report of the Secretary-General on the post2015 sustainable development agenda13 highlighted “gap issues”, and included explicit references to internal displacement. It calls for a transformative shift away from business as usual and proposes six “essential elements”: (a) dignity: to end poverty and fight inequalities; (b) people: to ensure healthy lives, knowledge and the inclusion of women and children; (c) prosperity: to grow a strong, inclusive, and transformative economy; (d) planet: to protect our ecosystems for all societies and our children; (e) justice: to promote 12 13 10 A previous draft of the proposed goals contained a specific target on IDPs and refugees, but did not find consensus. During the thirteenth session of the Open Working Group, in July 2014, more than 20 countries argued for an IDP/refugee target under goal 16. The road to dignity by 2030: ending poverty, transforming all lives and protecting the planet (A/69/700).