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EL ETAT DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE

The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations Program are a
call to reflection and action. Starting from education, to ending poverty, achieving decent

levels of health and well-being, quality of education, policies that promote gender equality by

eliminating historical barriers of inequality and discrimination, the care and preservation of

the environment with affordable and clean energy, clean water and sanitation are the main
challenges of the millennium.

Faced with these challenges, the university as a social institution (Murcia, 2006) is requested
to continually ask itself about its role. To analyse it at each moment in history, as well as its

institutional conviction as mediator of policies for the achievement of decent work, growth

economic, industrial, innovation and infrastructure, reduction of inequalities, sustainable

cities and communities, responsible production and consumption, climate action,
underwater life, life of terrestrial ecosystems, peace, justice and solid institutions and

alliances to achieve these objectives.

According to Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, education is a

fundamental right and the basis of progress for any country. Parents need to be

knowledgeable about health and nutrition so they can give their children the childhood they

deserve. To be prosperous, countries need skilled and educated workers. The challenges of
poverty eradication, the fight against climate change and the achievement of a truly

sustainable development in the coming decades mean that we must act together. With

collaboration, leadership and successful investments in education we can transform the lives
of people, the economies of the countries and our world in general.

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