SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC—The Govt Secretary of the Financial Fee for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, says no social actor alone can obtain the success of the United Nations Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs).
“With out cooperation and partnerships, there is no such thing as a 2030 Agenda,” he informed delegates attending the eighth assembly of the Discussion board of the International locations of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Improvement 2025.
The assembly ends on Friday and focuses on reaching agreements and sharing experiences to surmount the area’s lag in fulfilling the 2030 Agenda.
This yr marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Improvement, the beginning of the five-year countdown to 2030, and regional progress in the direction of the SDGs.
The SDGs spotlight the connections between sustainable improvement’s environmental, social, and financial elements. Because the time period implies, sustainability is on the heart of the SDGs.
The assembly right here encompasses a collection of dialogues on world, regional, and nationwide motion. Contributors will consider progress and alternate experiences and good practices relating to compliance with the worldwide highway map for improvement that the United Nations outlined in 2015.
Salazar-Xirinachs informed delegates that ten years after adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Improvement, there may be nonetheless loads of floor to cowl.
“Presently, the world is going through a extremely unsure financial context, with the resurgence and intensification of geopolitical tensions, a reconfiguration of worldwide alliances, and threats of varied sorts to worldwide cooperation and the multilateral system.
“Though we’re lagging in reaching full compliance, can we nonetheless talk about the 2030 Agenda with optimism and hope?
“I believe so as a result of there may be nonetheless dedication within the area – and maybe extra dedication right now – and since there may be nonetheless loads of room for maneuvering on managing the transformations and enhancing how we do issues. That’s the place I believe the massive leaps ahead for attaining the SDGs can come from,” Salazar-Xirinachs mentioned.
In accordance with ECLAC’s research, lower than one-fourth of the 2030 Agenda’s targets have been achieved or are forecast to be accomplished within the subsequent 5 years within the area, which signifies that important further efforts are wanted.
“In that regard, financing continues to be an enormous problem. It’s also essential to strengthen worldwide and regional cooperation and multisectoral partnerships,” the ECLAC government secretary mentioned.
In a video message to the convention, the UN Deputy Secretary-Common, Amina Mohammed, referred to as for all stakeholders to proceed accelerating SDG motion and use this Discussion board to make sure that the area’s wants and priorities are represented on the worldwide stage in a vital yr.
“From the Fourth Worldwide Convention on Financing for Improvement to the Third Ocean Convention and the Second World Summit for Social Improvement, official improvement help is important, however alone it is going to by no means be sufficient to fulfill the dimensions of the challenges that we face, one thing this area has recognized for many years,” she mentioned.
“Let’s make this Discussion board a turning level, a renewed dedication to the 2030 Agenda, a name for transformation, and a platform for joint motion to bridge gaps, foster innovation, and construct a extra inclusive, affluent, and sustainable future that leaves nobody behind,” he added.
The Discussion board will talk about the eighth report on regional progress and challenges associated to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Improvement in Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday.
The “Latin America and the Caribbean within the Remaining 5 Years of the 2030 Agenda: Steering Transformations to Speed up Progress,” report ready by ECLAC, is being unveiled within the framework of the dialogues on regional motion.
ECLAC mentioned the dialogues on nationwide motion can be held on Friday “by way of studying periods on profitable nationwide experiences with accelerating the attainment of the SDGs, and individuals will share good practices and challenges in getting ready the voluntary nationwide opinions (VNRs) that nations current every year to the United Nations Excessive-Stage Political Discussion board in New York.”
