UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis has called on world leaders to recommit to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Mr. Francis is presiding over the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which opened on Monday in New York.
This year’s theme is “Accelerating Action On The 2030 Agenda And Its Sustainable Development Goals Towards Peace, Prosperity, Progress And The Sustainability For All.”
The President General of the Assembly noted that a combination of factors, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the Ukraine conflict, presented a series of complex and intersecting crises.
World Leaders adopted the SDGs in 2015, promising to leave no one behind. The goals include ending extreme poverty and hunger, ensuring access to clean water and sanitation, as well as green energy, and providing quality universal education and lifelong learning opportunities.
Trinidad and Tobago is represented at 78th UNGA,by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs, Dr. Amery Browne, and Minister of Planning and Development, Pennelope Beckles-Robinson. Minister Beckles-Robinson in her brief statement said the SDGs are even more crucial now as the 2030 Agenda remains the global blueprint to ensure that no one is left behind.