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Comments on the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development held in September 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Contention that topics discussed, such as new aid packages from rich countries, were rehashed from previous meetings; Allegation that the meeting was not supposed to raise new issues, but consider well-known problems; Promise made to reduce the number of people living with inadequate water and sanitation; Effort to reduce the number of people living in absolute poverty.

The article argues that the United Nations' proposed list of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which set out how to improve the lives of the poor people in emerging countries, needs to be shortened and redesigned to focus on reducing poverty, improving health, and boosting education. According to the article, the SDGs are the successors to the development targets that various governments agreed to in 2000. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and good intentions are examined.