UN Chief calls for fundamental shift to put world back on track to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Press briefing on 26 April, 12:30 pm EDT
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UN Secretary-General Ant車nio Guterres has recommended ?five major areas for urgent, transformative action as the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, a creaking economy and climate-related disasters continue to wreak havoc on the Sustainable Development Goals.
These recommendations come as preparations are already under way for in September 2023, a critical turning point for mobilizing the political commitment and action needed to advance the SDGs.
Officials from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) will brief journalists on these policy recommendations coming out of the forthcoming Special Edition of the Sustainable Development Goals Report that the UN Secretary-General will present to Member States today, Tuesday, 25 April.?
WHAT? ? ? ? ?Press briefing?
WHO
Navid Hanif, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN DESA
Astra Bonini, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, UN DESA
WHEN????????? Wednesday, 26 April, 12:30 pm EDT
WHERE??????? UN Press Briefing Room, S-237 ?(Live on )
The draft report will be available at
Hashtags: #SDGs #GlobalGoals
Media contacts:
Sharon Birch, UN Department of Global Communications, birchs@un.org
Helen Rosengren, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, rosengrenh@un.org