Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Foreign Affairs has met with the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning to discuss plans for the post-2015 development framework.

Seán Crowe TD and Amina J. Mohammad of Nigeria said while progress has been made on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there is still a long way to go to seriously tackle poverty, inequality, and climate change.

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Mr Crowe said: "I explained to Ms Mohammad that I believe a post-2015 framework should be rights based, tackle inequality as well poverty, focus on ending discrimination, and increasing efforts to mitigate climate change.

"I welcome that Ireland is a co-facilitator of these discussions at the UN level and I call on them to use this prestigious role to ensure a post-2015 framework is based on these sustainable development objectives."

(CD/JP)