Tag: SDGs

Adopted by world leaders in 2015, the 17 Goals focus on ending extreme poverty and hunger, ensuring access to clean water and sanitation, and providing quality universal education, among other targets, by 2030.The 2024 SDG Progress Report, launched by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the ...

He said the UN was able to step up delivery of basic supplies into and across the Gaza Strip during the week-long pause in fighting, primarily through the Egyptian and Palestinian Red Crescent Societies.This included 630 metric tonnes of flour for 224,000 people in the south, and 63,000 blankets ...

NITI Aayog, being a nodal agency for SDGs, should have given orientation to all the States and UTs uniformly to localise the SDGs Published Date - 11:59 PM, Thu - 28 September 23 By Dr T Prabhakar Reddy On September 25, 2015, UN ...

Containerships wait to be loaded/unloaded at Yangshan Port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, on Aug. 13. (JI HAIXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY) Increasing voice of developing nations mooted for addressing global problems Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Tuesday emphasized that no nation or individual should be excluded from progress, a principle ...

Brazil’s President Lula calls for urgent action on inequality, other global challenges SAO PAULO: During a powerful speech at the 78th UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva highlighted a number of global issues he described as critical, These included climate ...

Launching a special edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) progress report, he warned that their collective promise made in 2015 of a more green, just and equitable global future, is in peril.  “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might ...

A handover ceremony of a batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccine is held at Noor Khan Air Base near Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb 1, 2021. (Photo/Xinhua) China's Global Development Initiative challenges the world to recommit to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals at a time when "traditional development cooperation is ...

ROME — Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labor by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.Qu Dongyu, the FAO Director-General, was among UN agency chiefs addressing the opening of the Global Solutions Forum on child labor.The two-day virtual ...

When the world embarked on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back in 2015, there was an air of optimism as nations committed to hitting 169 targets by 2030. But the coronavirus pandemic has dealt that timetable a serious blow by reversing human progress for the first time ...

NEW YORK — With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing social and economic inequalities rooted in racism, discrimination and xenophobia, recovery must lead to more inclusive societies, the UN Secretary-General told member states on Thursday.António Guterres was among leaders addressing a Special Meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) ...