This compendium contains 29 statistical notes as input to the deliberations of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG). They provide information on the measurement aspects of the 29 issues discussed by the OWG during its first eight sessions. Earlier versions of these notes had been provided to many of the sessions.

The following Statistical Notes address aspects of what was to become SDG 16:

• Note 18 (page 109): Human Rights, including the Right to Development
• Note 19 (page 117): Global Governance
• Note 29 (page 181): Conflict Prevention, Post-conflict Peacebuilding and the Promotion of Durable Peace, Rule of Law and Governance