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Abstract:
The world has come of age with its attendant contradictions and crises. Since 2nd World War (WW11) to the 21st Century, concerted efforts have been made by world leaders to create a modicum of peace and save humanity from the scourge of violence and poverty. This underscores the fact that the human family will not enjoy any development within an environment devoid of human security. This has been encapsulated in the United Nations Organization�s (UNO) charter, and its subsequent Resolutions, Conventions and Declarations. It was in fulfillment of this vision to, protect and promote the global civilization that the SDGs were enunciated in September 2015 by the UNO. This paper, therefore, seeks to examine the effective implementation of these goals considering the global politics of development which does not guarantee a development trajectory for the Third World countries, particularly in Africa. This is a qualitative study, and data collection was solely relied on secondary sources. These include review of relevant literature, newspapers, magazines, government bulletins and gazettes. It was discovered that the SDGs represent another milestone by the UNO to give humanity a qualitative existence. Unfortunately, its avowed benefit may not extend to the Third World countries because of the global politics of development . This has continued to manifest a condition of backwardness and despair. We, therefore, recommend that for SDGs to achieve its avowed mission, efforts must be made to extricate Third World countries from inhibiting external influences.

Keywords: declarations, politics, sustainable development goals, conventions and human security

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