World leaders agree sustainable development goals – as it happened

• UN general assembly has formally adopted new development goals
• Agenda consists of 17 goals designed to end poverty and hunger by 2030
• Pope spoke out on environmental issues in opening address at UN
• New goals expected to shape political policy worldwide for next 15 years

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Right. That's it from all of us on the liveblog. Many thanks for your company and comments. We leave you with Liz Ford's report on a historic day.

To cheers, applause and probably a tinge of relief, the 17 global goals that will provide the blueprint for the world's development over the next 15 years were ratified by UN member states in New York on Friday.

After speeches from Pope Francis and the Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, and songs from Shakira and Angelique Kidjo, the ambitious agenda - which aims to tackle poverty, climate change and inequality for all people in all countries - was signed off by 193 countries at the start of a three-day UN summit on sustainable development "

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Here's the latest take on the pope's speech from my colleagues Suzanne Goldenberg and Stephanie Kirchgaessner:

The pope demanded justice for the weak and affirmed the rights of the environment on Friday in a forceful speech to the United Nations that warned against "a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity".

A day after making history by becoming the first pope to address Congress, Francis for the first time asserted that nature - as well as humanity - had rights.