SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Financial Fee for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Monday stated it’ll reaffirm the area’s dedication to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda amid a fancy worldwide context at this week’s assembly of the Excessive-Degree Discussion board on Sustainable Improvement 2025 (HLPF).
The HLPF is going down by way of Wednesday in New York beneath the theme of “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based options for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Improvement and its Sustainable Improvement Objectives for leaving nobody behind.”
ECLAC’s government secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, stated he’ll use the event to underscore the urgency of reaching agreements and sharing experiences to beat Latin America and the Caribbean’s lag in fulfilling this international agenda.
“No social actor, on their very own, can obtain achievement of the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs). With out cooperation and partnerships, there isn’t a 2030 Agenda,” he stated.
In keeping with research by ECLAC, lower than one-fourth of the 2030 Agenda’s targets have been met or are projected to be met throughout the subsequent 5 years within the area, indicating that vital extra efforts are wanted.
“In that regard, financing continues to be an enormous problem. Additionally it is essential to strengthen worldwide and regional cooperation and multisectoral partnerships,” the ECLA government secretary stated.
Underneath the auspices of the United Nations Financial and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Excessive-Degree Political Discussion board on Sustainable Improvement 2025 is being held simply after the Worldwide Convention on Financing for Improvement in Sevilla, which concluded with a renewed name for pressing motion to shut the startling 4 trillion US greenback annual financing hole for attaining the SDGs, stressing the necessity for elevated funding and systemic reform within the international monetary structure.
Throughout that convention, Salazar-Xirinachs stated that within the face of financing for improvement challenges, Latin American and Caribbean international locations should strengthen their capacities to mobilize assets and forge renewed cooperation mechanisms.
ECLAC stated that within the framework of the Excessive-Degree Political Discussion board on Sustainable Improvement 2025, Peru, which is serving as chair of ECLAC within the 2024-2026 biennium, will current the conclusions and proposals arising from the eighth assembly of the Discussion board of the Nations of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable improvement, which passed off in April.
ECLAC, in the meantime, stated it’ll take part in varied occasions related to the area’s improvement.
