Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is a monumental task. There is no country in the world where all people have equal opportunities to fulfill their aspirations. Every country has poverty and inequalities to address. Every country has environmental problems to remedy,” the Deputy Secretary-General said at the opening of a three-day ministerial meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development at UN Headquarters in New York. The forum – convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) – is part of a 2016 high-level segment being held from 18 to 22 July. Bringing together representatives from UN Member States, civil society actors, academia and the private sector, it represents the culmination of ECOSOC’s 2016 cycle and addresses the Council’s overall annual theme, “Implementing the post-2015 development agenda: moving from commitments to results.” More information is available here.
Source: UN News Centre
