United Nations, April 10.- The United Nations (UN) launched the Sustainability Week program, a high-level initiative focused on addressing some of the pressing challenges and promoting the 2030 Agenda.
The event, held for the first time, will be held at the organization's headquarters in New York between April 15 and 19, with events dedicated to critical sectors such as tourism, infrastructure, energy and transportation, the president of the 78th General Assembly, Dennis Francis.
According to the high representative, the objective is essentially to design a push around sustainability to enhance the 2030 Agenda and the goals set.
To that end, the Week foresees high-level discussions on debt and socioeconomic equality, the leisure industry along with the launch of a statistical framework to measure sustainability as well as a high-level meeting on transport.
Other meetings will provide space to analyze infrastructure connectivity and present a global assessment of sustainable and affordable energy at a time when 675 million people do not have reliable access to electricity and 2.3 billion depend on polluting fuels for their energy. cook.
My hope, he added, is that the outcome of these events will build momentum towards the Small Island Developing States and Landlocked Developing Countries conferences scheduled for May and June respectively, as well as the Future Summit in September.
Despite global threats to the stability of the planet, Francis was optimistic about the event, which, he said, honors the organization's commitment to promoting development.
When peace and security are at risk, other aspects of the United Nations' work, such as development, are put at risk, but that does not mean, and cannot mean, that the UN abandons its mission, he emphasized at a press conference.
Development is an integral dimension of the work of the United Nations; It is one of the three key pillars along with peace and security and human rights, he recalled.
According to the president of the 193-member forum, the current challenges do not mean that we move away from what is an obligation.
On the contrary, he added, we must attend to, address and promote social and economic development for the benefit of people around the world. (Text and photo: PL)
