ECLAC calls for bold action to achieve the 2030 Agenda (+ photos)

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The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cibal), José Manuel Salazar Zerinach, warned that 75 percent of the targets set by the United Nations are at risk of not being achieved, unless actions are taken determined to return. on the right track.

“Particularly bold, innovative, inspiring and transformative actions are required. Otherwise, we will pass through a new lost decade,” said Salazar Zerinachs.

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, urged strengthening cooperation and accelerating the course to achieve the sustainable development goals, and stressed the importance of investing in sustainable development.

Meanwhile, Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Santiago Cafiero, whose country holds the presidency of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for the biennium 2022-2024, called for the design of a global plan to accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda.

He declared that the implementation of this agenda must be maintained as an unwavering commitment for all, leaving no one behind.

Taking part in the event, Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Deborah Rivas, warned that the most vulnerable countries, including small island developing states in the Caribbean, deserve special and differential treatment in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

He pointed out that these economies, which are dependent on the external sector, have fully received the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade, tourism and investment, which are the main sources of financing for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

In addition, the Caribbean region is particularly suffering from the effects of climate change, although it is the least contributor to global warming and environmental degradation, he said.

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly set 17 sustainable development goals that must be achieved within seven years, including the eradication of poverty and hunger, health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, and decent work.

During Thursday, goals related to clean water and sanitation will be addressed in the work schedules; clean and affordable energy; Industry, innovation, infrastructure, sustainable cities and communities.

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