Note by the Secretary-General

In accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2015/216 and past practices, the Secretary-General has the honour to transmit the report of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators. The present report provides an overview of the work of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the development of a global indicator framework for the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report describes the activities undertaken by the Expert Group since its establishment following a decision of the Statistical Commission at its forty-sixth session, and also presents a proposal of global indicators for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda.

The current revision presents in Annex IV the final list of proposed Sustainable Development Goals indicators for consideration by the Commission. Annex IV represents the revision of Annex III, which was announced in this report when originally released. Consequently, in the points for discussion of this revised report, para 38(b) was amended to read:

“[The Statistical Commission is invited to express its views and adopt:...] (b) The global indicator framework for the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as reflected in the indicators in Annex IV [instead of Annex III] to the present document.”

All other text in this document is identical with the original document E/CN.3/2016/2 issued on 17 December 2015.

The Statistical Commission is invited to comment on progress made by the Expert Group and directions of future work. The points for discussion by the Commission are set out in paragraph 38 of the present report.