SDG将建立在千年发展目标（MDG）的基础上。 MDG制定于2000年，集中于降低母婴死亡、消除贫困和推广小学教育等目标。
The SDGs will be modeled on the Millennium Development Goals, which were agreed in 2000 and focused on objectives like lowering maternal and infant mortality, eradicating poverty, and improving access to primary education.