Ensuring the inclusion of minority issues in post- 2015 development agendas 2014, para. 34
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An emerging message underlying the consultations around the post 2015 development agendas has been "leave no one behind". This message is a welcome one that indicates a growing global awareness that inequality greatly hampers development progress for those affected. The Independent Expert considers that a real risk exists that millions of disadvantaged minorities globally will be "left behind" if there is not a clear commitment at the global and national levels to address the development needs and human rights of disadvantaged minorities. New development goals for the post-2015 period provide an important opportunity to refocus development agendas on inequality and put minority issues at the heart of these efforts.