Will Agenda 2030 be Postponed to 2062?
By Jan Servaes
BANGKOK| 28 March 2024 (IDN) — The widening gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ is reflected in the progress reports on the feasibility of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
Spending Billions Preparing for Hot Wars When Water Wars are Looming
Analysis by Kalinga Seneviratne
SINGAPORE | 27 March 2024 (IDN) — Since the pandemic, governments have been spending billions on arming themselves for imagined hot wars when billions of dollars are needed to mitigate a global water crisis that needs the building of sustainable water infrastructure and management regimes.…
Multilateral Development Banks Play Crucial Role in Financing Global Public Goods
By José Antonio Ocampo and Karla Daniela González, Columbia University
This article was first published in the 2023/2024 UNDP Human Development Report – Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarized world –on 13 March 2024.
NEW YORK | 14 March 2024 (IDN) — There is broad-based agreement among the United Nations and the Group of 20 (G20) and in the proposed Evolution Roadmap of the World Bank that multilateral development banks should provide financing to support developing countries’ contribution to global public goods.…
UN’s Lagging Development Goals Need a Sense of Urgency
By Simone Galimberti*
KATHMANDU, Nepal | 6 March 2024 (IDN)—The latest Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) was recently launched in Bangkok. As usual, it was a mix of official interventions by ministries from the whole region and a wide-ranging array of exciting side events organized mainly by civil society in partnership with United Nations agencies and programs. (P32) Italian | Japanese | Korean | Portuguese | Spanish | Turkish…
緊迫感をもって国連の開発目標達成に努力すべき
【カトマンズIDN＝シモーネ・ガリンベルティ】
「持続可能な開発に関するアジア太平洋フォーラム」（APFSD）が先ごろ、バンコクで開催された。例年通り、このフォーラムは地域諸国の政府代表による公的な発言と、主に市民社会が国連の諸機関やプログラムと組んで実施する多数の素晴らしいサイドイベントから成り立っている。
今回で１１回目となるこのフォーラムは、「２０３０アジェンダ」の実施状況を討論する主要な場となっている。これまで、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）に関する新しい地域進捗報告書の発表と同時期に開催されてきた。…
Asia-Pacific Will Not Achieve SDGs Before 2062, Says a UN Report
By Jutta Wolf
BERLIN | 15 February 2024 (IDN) — The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has projected a delay until 2062 to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region, missing the schedule by a staggering 32 years.…
G２０をリードするインド、グローバル・サウスのSDGs実現に邁進
【シンガポールIDN＝カリンガ・セネビラトネ】
ロシアと米国が、ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻を非難しなかった９月１０日のG２０ニューデリー首脳宣言を歓迎した。米ロと西側諸国の見解がこのように一致することは珍しいが、これら国々が注目したのは、国際社会が直面している開発の問題であった。
ロシアを代表してG２０に参加したセルゲイ・ラブロフ外務大臣は、政治的な声明に終始するよりも、グローバルな開発の果たす中心的な役割についてコンセンサスを導いたインドを称賛した。…
Caribbean Leaders Want Urgent Reform of the Global Financial Structure
By Linda Hutchinson-Jafar
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. 21 September 2023 (IDN) — In a resounding call to action, leaders in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have urged the international community to swiftly embark on comprehensive reforms of the global financial system to create a conducive environment that empowers developing nations to address inequities and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (P18) HINDI | JAPANESE…
Asian Leaders Call for Unity to Confront West’s “De-Risking” Strategy
Analysis by Kalinga Seneviratne
SINGAPORE, 28 May 2023 (IDN) — The international media may have focused on the attempts at the G7 meeting this month in Hiroshima to unite against China promoting a “de-risking” strategy, which China sees as “containment” of their economic rise. It seems many Asian leaders agree with China.
Humanitarian Aid to Africa Falls Far Short of Target
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, 25 May 2023 (IDN) — At a UN sponsored high-level meeting, donors collectively pledged about $2.4 billion in “life-saving and life-sustaining assistance” to nearly 32 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia plagued by five consecutive poor rainy seasons.
But the pledges—from 28 donors out of the 193 UN member states—fell far short of the $7.0 billion needed to rescue the countries devastated mostly by droughts.
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