Dhaka: More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit from 25-27 September at UN headquarters in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to leave Dhaka for New York on 23 September to attend the summit and address the 70th UNGA.

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali who will also attend the summit and the 70th UNGA will brief media on Thursday on the summit.

Member States will gather at the highest level to adopt the landmark 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development during the special summit.

This is one of several milestones in what the UN has dubbed a year of global action and which is expected to culminate with a universal agreement on climate change in December.

Proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals are End poverty in all its forms everywhere, end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture, ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls,ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all, build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation, reduce inequality within and among countries, make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (taking note of agreements made by the UNFCCC forum), conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss, promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, and strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development.