61. Success will equally depend on the power of the new agenda to inspire and
mobilize essential actors, new partnerships, key constituencies, and the broader global
citizenry. For this, we will need an agenda that resonates with the experiences and needs
of people, that can be understood, and embraced. The agenda and goals should also be
received at the country level in a way that would ensure a transition of the MDGs to the
broader and more transformative sustainable development agenda and effectively become
an integral part of national and regional visions and plans.
62. In this regard, we must recall and take note of the mandate given to the General
Assembly by the member states at the Rio+20 Conference, where they declared that the
"SDGs should be action-oriented, concise and easy to communicate, limited in number,