Updated: Wed, 09 May 2012 19:56:58 GMT | By Agence France-Presse

British, Indonesia, Liberia leaders to head top UN panel

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a global panel to set new international goals on sustainable development, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday.

The panel will start work after next month's international summit on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro.

"I am grateful to these three leaders for their commitment," Ban said in announcing the panel which will have to set new international targets to replace the Millennium Development Goals.

The eight Millennium goals aimed to eliminate poverty and boost health in poor countries by 2015 but many will not be met. Negotiators from around the globe are now discussing how to set new goals which will also set targets for improving the green economy and saving the Earth's resources.

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