Government, civil society, and private sector partners convened in New York on Monday by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to address the urgent need to put the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.
The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to achieve decent lives for all on a healthy planet by 2030.
The ambitious set of objectives agreed in 2015 for people and planet have been derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating global crises.
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda the world has undergone significant changes, and progress towards the SDG is falling behind due to financial, energy, food, and humanitarian setbacks exacerbated by geopolitical tensions.
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, takes place at the mid-point in pursuit of the 2030 Agenda.
Focusing on ways to accelerate the global recovery, it will set the grounds for the crucial SDG Summit scheduled for September 2023.
Addressing the opening session, Lachezara Stoeva, the current President of ECOSOC, described this annual forum as “the opportunity to build political momentum for the Summit, as well as identify key policy priorities to be addressed.”
The Forum will as ever, conduct in-depth reviews of several Sustainable Development Goals. This time there will be dedicated sessions scrutinizing SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation; SDG 7 on affordable and clean energy; 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure; 11 on sustainable cities and communities, and 17 on partnerships for the Goals, and the ways they all interlink.
Besides checking the general flow of the SDGs’ implementation, the Forum participants will take a close look at what help should be provided to the countries with specific needs in achieving the Goals, including small island development states and African counties.
The Forum will hear from 39 countries as they present their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs).
Over the ten days of the Forum with its programme packed with over 200 official meetings and side-events, participants will consider the accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda in all its aspects.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency