{"id":13577,"date":"2021-07-13T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=13577"},"modified":"2021-11-09T01:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T20:44:31","slug":"ecosoc-chief-munir-akram-calls-for-concrete-actions-to-achieve-intl-anti-poverty-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/ecosoc-chief-munir-akram-calls-for-concrete-actions-to-achieve-intl-anti-poverty-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOSOC chief Munir Akram calls for \u2018concrete actions\u2019 to achieve int\u2019l anti-poverty goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS,  The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President, Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, Monday called for \u201cconcrete actions\u201d at all levels to advance the 2030 global development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need the ambition and concrete actions on the ground especially at the local and sub-national level, and for the United Nations, governments and private sector to work together with the local, national and the sub-national governments in the different contexts and levels,\u201d he told the fourth edition of the High-Level Local and Regional Governments Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The event is being held in connection with the ongoing high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) under the auspices of ECOSOC.<\/p>\n<p>The ECOSOC chief said the nations and people of the world are currently facing the greatest socio-economic and development challenge since the creation of the United Nations stemming from the devastating coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic has imposed unparalleled human suffering and has reversed hard-fought development progress,\u201d Ambassador Akram said that as a result achieving the SDGs and addressing the climate catastrophe have become much more challenging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than ever we need close cooperation with, and partnership between all sectors of society as well as among all member states,\u201d the Pakistani envoy added.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had worked with UN Member States and other stakeholders on several fronts, including on mobilizing the financing required to respond to the pandemic and the sustainability to rebuild economies for investments in sustainable infrastructures and for the productive application of the science and technology for growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need the leadership of local decision makers and their capacity to innovate, to drive change and to connect communities in order to support the path towards a more sustainable and resilient future where no one is left behind,\u201d Ambassador Akram stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS, The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President, Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, Monday called for \u201cconcrete actions\u201d at all levels to advance the 2030 global development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \u201cWe need the ambition and concrete actions on the ground [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8747,2053,8748,49],"class_list":["post-13577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-world-news","tag-concrete-actions","tag-ecosoc-chief","tag-intl-anti-poverty-goals","tag-munir-akram"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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