Media Advisory: UN Chief calls for fundamental shift to put world back on track to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

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 António 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 the SDG Summit 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 webtv.un.org)

The draft report will be available at www.un.org/en/conferences/SDGSummit2023

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