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Until 2030, the United Nations' (UN) agenda for sustainable development (SD) comprises of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) each one of which includes the environment, economy and society dimension of SD. This paper aims to better depict SDGs' targeting to the communication and awareness of SD to the public. Network analysis techniques were used to streamline the UN diagram of SDGs by linking each one of them to the classic three-pillar Venn diagram of SD, according to the public's understanding. The UN's description of SDGs seems to be clearly multidimensional in these three pillars, as the public rated them almost the same. SDG agenda has fulfilled its good communication goal. But was revealed that a simple form of SDG diagram like the Venn diagram of three pillars of SD could help to deeper understanding and changing attitudes of SDGs. Thus, the SDG agenda is communicative …