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Youth Empowerment Crucial in Achieving SDGs

By Rodney Reynolds

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – The United Nations formally launched on July 11 its global campaign to help ensure the implementation of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at achieving social, economic and environmental advancement for over 7.0 billion people worldwide.

But the lingering question before the 10-day High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on SDGs was whether or not the international community will reach its targets, including the elimination of poverty and economic inequalities by 2030, as envisaged by world leaders in September 2015?

Reiterating the primary theme of the SDG Forum – “Ensuring that no one is left behind” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the successful implementation of SDGs will depend on its inclusiveness. (P21) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | KOREAN TEXT VERSION PDF
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UN Internal Oversight Criticises Gender Imbalance – and More

By Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – The Department of Political Affairs plays a central role in the United Nations efforts to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts around the world. But it will not be on the radar screen of the Security Council when it opens on July 21 the first round of unofficial ‘straw polls’ to agree on one of the 12 candidates for the post of the Secretary-General.

A candidate who is acceptable to the five permanent members – USA, Russia, China, Britain and France – and is elected later by the General Assembly to succeed Ban Ki-moon, whose second five-year term expires on December 31, 2016, will however have to pay heed to the Evaluation of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). (P20) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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Recalling Mandela’s Contribution to Culture of Peace

By Lisa Vives

NEW YORK (IDN | GIN) – On July 18, the international community will observe the ‘Nelson Mandela International Day’ – formalised by the UN General Assembly in November 2009 – to recall the former South African President’s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom.

For 67 years Nelson Mandela, who was born in a village named Mvezo of South Africa in 1918, devoted his life to the service of humanity – as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa, recalls the UN.

He was the first black South African president who reigned from 1994 to 1999. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his contribution to make South Africa free and bringing peace in and around Africa.

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African Nations Split with UN over Gender Identity Vote

GENEVA (IDN | GIN) – The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to appoint an independent monitor to help protect gay and transgender people around the world from violence and discrimination, but not without fierce resistance from African and Muslim countries.

The June 30 vote was called “a historic victory for the human rights of anyone at risk of discrimination and violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity,” said Human Rights Watch and other rights groups in a coalition.

The independent monitor will report annually to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on best practices to minimise discrimination against sexual orientation and gender identity. It will work with states, UN agencies and other organizations.…

UN Agenda 2030: Civil Society Holds Governments Accountable

Analysis by J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – As the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development started its first review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) July 11-20, civil society coalitions from around the world brought to New York their own findings, calling on member states to take note of these.

Because the Forum is the UN’s central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda adopted by world leaders on September 25, 2015. It is slated to adopt a Ministerial Declaration to provide political leadership, guidance and recommendations on the 2030 Agenda’s implementation and follow-up; keep track of progress of the SDGs; spur coherent policies informed by evidence, science and country experiences; as well as address new and emerging issues. (P19) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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The 2030 Agenda: A Fresh Start Towards Global Sustainability?

Analysis by Jens Martens

Jens Martens wrote this analysis on behalf of the Reflection Group* on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is part of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016, a Reflection Group Report.

NEW YORK (INPS | IDN) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted unanimously at the United Nations by world Heads of States and Governments in September 2015 is highly ambitious. If taken seriously it has the potential to change the prevailing development paradigm by re-emphasizing the multidimensional and interrelated nature of sustainable development and its universal applicability.

The 2030 Agenda offers the opportunity to correct the errors and omissions of the ‘MDG approach’ – an approach that has reduced the development discourse to a focus on the symptoms of extreme poverty and the provision of basic social services in poor countries. While – without doubt – these issues are extremely important, the MDG approach failed to address adequately the structural flaws of

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世界の６大広告主が国連の「２０３０アジェンダ」を支持

【ベルリン／カンヌ／ニューヨークIDN＝ジャヤ・ラマチャンドラン】

国連事務総長の任期１０年を終えるまであと半年の潘基文氏が、企業経営者や起業家を「持続可能な開発に向けた２０３０アジェンダ」に関与させようとの粘り強い取り組みを進め、１月以降、効果を上げ始めている。

６月２４日に第６３回「カンヌライオンズ国際クリエイティビティ・フェスティバル」で発言した潘事務総長は、世界の６大広告・マーケティング企業である電通、ハバス、IPG、オムニコム、パブリシス、WPPが、史上初の取り組み『Common Ground(共通の立場)』の立ち上げに合意した、と語った。

このイニシアチブは、２０１５年９月に国連に加盟する全ての国が全会一致で採択した２０３０アジェンダの達成に向け、６大広告主がライバル関係を超え、世界が抱える深刻な諸課題（貧困、不平等、不正等）をなくすために連携・協業するというものである。…

UN Spurs Sustainable Development in North and Central Asia

By Devinder Kumar

NEW DELHI (IDN) – Within days of being elected as non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for two years beginning January 1, Kazakhstan has affirmed its “commitment to work in partnership to address the critical social and economic development needs of the people of North and Central Asia”.

An agreement for the purpose was signed on July 11 in Bangkok between the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Government Kazakhstan.

Under the Agreement, which supplements the Host Country Agreement, the Government of Kazakhstan has committed to provide the premises for the ESCAP’s Subregional office for North and Central Asia (SONCA), along with a recurring annual grant for operational and programme costs of the office.…

ジェンダー平等に近づくジンバブエ

【ハラレIDN＝ジェフリー・モヨ】

ジンバブエでは、女性にとって引き続き越えなければならない様々な困難はあるものの、２０３０年を期限とする「持続可能な開発目標」の第５目標に沿ったジェンダー平等の達成という点においては、かなりの前進が見られる。

今日では、国会議席に占める女性議員の比率は改善し、大学入学者数でも、女性の方が男性の増加数よりも上回っている。さらに、ジンバブエの女性は、かつては男性優位だった職域にも進出するようになっている。

ジェンダー平等や女性のエンパワーメントに取り組んできたUNウィメンによると、国会議席に女性議員が占める比率は、２００８年総選挙時の１７％から、２０１３年７月３１日の選挙時には３５％にまで上昇している。…

New Partnership to Implement Paris Climate Change Agreement

By Jutta Wolf

BERLIN (IDN) – Many developing countries have made their first ever commitment to complying with climate targets with the adoption of the Paris Agreement endorsed in December 2015. A new partnership – initiated jointly by the German Ministry for the Environment and that for Economic Cooperation and Development together with the World Resources Institute (WRI) – now aims to help them transform these targets into specific strategies and measures.

The initiative aims at supporting developing countries in specifying and implementing their nationally determined contributions and help them unify existing climate and development goals with a view to achieving greater harmonisation of various donor programmes. The partnership will be officially launched at the Marrakesh climate conference (COP22) in November.…

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Month:

Youth Empowerment Crucial in Achieving SDGs

UN Internal Oversight Criticises Gender Imbalance – and More

Recalling Mandela’s Contribution to Culture of Peace

African Nations Split with UN over Gender Identity Vote

UN Agenda 2030: Civil Society Holds Governments Accountable

The 2030 Agenda: A Fresh Start Towards Global Sustainability?

世界の６大広告主が国連の「２０３０アジェンダ」を支持

UN Spurs Sustainable Development in North and Central Asia

ジェンダー平等に近づくジンバブエ

New Partnership to Implement Paris Climate Change Agreement

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