The SDG summit held in New York earlier this week highlighted the disappointing progress made towards reaching the UN’s 17 SDG targets by 2030, mentioned Mr. Kagame.
He recommended the Secretary-Normal’s concentrate on the difficulty and emphasised that gradual progress towards reaching SDGs would exacerbate financial disparities between nations.
“This 12 months’s SDG Summit has as soon as once more raised alarm in regards to the gradual tempo of SDG implementation,” he mentioned.
“Growing nations are constrained by a debt disaster together with larger prices of borrowing. That is inflicting financial disparities to widen and is slowing down collective progress to SDGs.”
The first explanation for the debt disaster, Mr. Kagame argued, was excessive rates of interest in developed economies in response to world inflation.
‘Profound injustice’
President Kagame issued a name for peace throughout the globe, insisting that harmless lives bore the load of battle. He made a number of references to Rwanda’s historical past of genocide to focus on the devastating impression of battle.
“At present, there isn’t any signal of ongoing conflicts ending anytime quickly. Harmless lives are left alone to hold the burden of this instability. That may be a profound injustice,” he mentioned.
“For Rwanda, the supply of our solidarity comes from our dedication to by no means permitting a repetition of the tragedy that was inflicted on us practically 30 years in the past.”
Mr. Kagame additionally emphasised the humanitarian impacts of battle as a main driver of irregular migration.
“The migration disaster is a case and level. Yearly, migrants and refugees undertake harmful journeys in the hunt for a greater future. Rwanda stays dedicated to working with companions, together with the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees, to contribute to a sturdy answer,” he mentioned.
Nobody left behind
Mr. Kagame wenty on to encourage fellow Member States work collectively to ascertain a simpler worldwide cooperation framework to satisfy the SDG promise of leaving nobody behind. He claimed that shortfalls reaching SDGs instantly result in instability, and welcomed the UN’s New Agenda for Peace.
“We proceed to want a simpler discussion board to handle world crises. A simpler cooperation framework should give equal weight to everybody’s wants and priorities. That’s what builds truthful and equal partnerships,” he mentioned.
“On this regard, I welcome the Secretary Normal’s report on a New Agenda for Peace.”
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