{"id":1384,"date":"2019-08-18T08:46:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T08:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waims.co.in\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2020-03-07T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T13:50:17","slug":"president-museveni-of-uganda-on-understanding-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waims.co.in\/index.php\/2019\/08\/18\/president-museveni-of-uganda-on-understanding-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni of Uganda on Understanding the UNSDG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>President Museveni of Uganda on Understanding the United Nations\nSustainable Development Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Published by Asia Africa Development Council (New Delhi India) and Public\nOpinions International<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is committed\nto attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>President Museveni is a Global Sustainable Development Champion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni<\/strong> is the President\nof the Republic of Uganda situated in East Africa sub-continent in the sub\nSaharan Africa. He is an embodiment and icon in the Global campaign to realize\nthe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. <em>H.E.\nYoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda addressed the United\nNations General Assembly on the Debate on<strong>\u201cThe\nSustainable Development Goals: A universal push to transform our world\u201d<\/strong>New\nYork 20 September, 2016. In this article you will find a full speech by the\nPresident.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, world leaders\nagreed to 17 Goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to\nend poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change. Guided by the goals, it\nis now up to all of us, governments, businesses, civil society and the general\npublic to work together to build a better future for everyone-Yoweri Kaguta\nMuseveni President of Uganda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABLE\nDEVELOPMENT GUIDE, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Being\nan a Global Icon in promoting the UN Global Sustainable Development Goals,\nPresident Museveni as guided his countrymen on how best the goals can be\nachieved and the Government of Uganda as been able to adopt policies and\nintervention strategies on UN Goals.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We must guide the people; we must guide companies\nand organizations in Uganda to understand these goals. Achieving UN Global\nGoals require efforts of individuals, public and the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the Sustainable Development Goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"http:\/\/waims.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SDGs_logos-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waims.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SDGs_logos-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waims.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SDGs_logos-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waims.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/SDGs_logos-768x447.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 ambitious, trans-formative\nand universal Goals with a total of 169 targets that will guide national and\nlocal development up to 2030. The SDGs were adopted in 2015 by the United\nNations when Uganda held the Presidency of the UN General Assembly. The SDGs\nare the follower of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSDGs aim to eradicate poverty through a focus on partnerships, people, planet,\nprosperity and peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SDGs are different from all other\ninternational development frameworks. They are more ambitious, they are\nuniversal, they are holistic and they are inclusive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ambitious:&nbsp;<\/strong>with 17 Goals, 169 targets and more than 230 indicators,\nthe SDGs are the most ambitious development framework in the world to date.<\/li><li><strong>Universal:&nbsp;<\/strong>Unlike the MDGs the SDGs are universally applicable and\nwill be implemented by developing as well as developed countries all over the\nworld<\/li><li><strong>Holistic:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Goals are interconnected and indivisible, and balance\nthe three dimensions of sustainable development: Economic, Social and\nEnvironmental. This means that to eradicate poverty there must be economic\ngrowth, social protection and environmental sustainability.<\/li><li><strong>Inclusive:&nbsp;<\/strong>The SDGs are for all of us. The Goals can only be\nachieved through partnerships, Government as well as all other stakeholders in\nUganda have a shared responsibility of ensuring that no one is left behind by\n2030.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Implementing\nthe SDGs in Uganda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nUganda, the Agenda 2030 is implemented through the Comprehensive National\nDevelopment Planning Framework (CNDPF), the Vision 2040 and National\nDevelopment Plan II (NDPII).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npreparation of the NDPII coincided with the inter-governmental negotiations on\nthe 2030 Agenda in 2015. The Government of Uganda (GoU) used this opportunity\nto integrate the then SDGs framework into the Plan. This resulted in a 69%\nalignment between the NDPII and the SDGs at strategic level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSDGs are expected to be fully domesticated through sector and local government\nplanning, budgeting and project implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Coordination<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nimplementation of the SDGs is coordinated through the 5-tier SDG Coordination\nFramework. The Framework is coordinated by the Office of the Prime Minister\n(OPM) and spells out clear mandates for lead agencies anchored within existing\nnational coordination structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nCoordination Framework is operationalized through a costed multi-year National\nSDG Roadmap. The Roadmap provides a list of priority actions to create an\nenabling environment to deliver on the SDGs at national, sector and local\nlevel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nRoadmap as been implemented since the NDPII period (2015\/16-2019\/20) and\nconsists of five thematic areas, structured in accordance with the TWGs under\nthe Coordination Framework. The areas are: i) coordination, M&amp;E and\nreporting; ii) planning; iii) financing and resource mobilisation; iv) data;\nand v) advocacy and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Monitoring and reporting on SDGs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSDGs in Uganda are monitored as part of the National Policy on Public Sector\nMonitoring and Evaluation (2013) and through the Results and Reporting\nFramework (RRF) for the NDPII, and the National Standard Indicator Framework\n(NSI). There are ongoing processes to align the SDGs to the RRF and NSI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting\non SDGs is integral part of national reporting, hereunder the Government Annual\nPerformance Report (GAPR) produced by the OPM. Furthermore, the SDGs are\naligned to sector and local level reporting. In addition to this a separate\nyearly National SDG Report is produced to Cabinet and Parliament under the SDG\nCoordination Framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE 17 UNITED NATIONS\nSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS<br>\n<\/strong><strong><em>Goals and Targets<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/poverty\/\"><strong>GOAL 1: END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS<\/strong><\/a><strong><br>\n<br>\n<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.1&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured\nas people living on less than $1.25 a day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.2<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all\nages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Implement\nnationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all,\nincluding floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the\nvulnerable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.4<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the\nvulnerable,&nbsp;have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to\nbasic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property,\ninheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial\nservices, including microfinance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.5<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and\nreduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and\nother economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.A<\/strong>&nbsp;Ensure\nsignificant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including\nthrough enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and\npredictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed\ncountries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its\ndimensions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.B<\/strong>&nbsp;Create\nsound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels,\nbased on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support\naccelerated investment in poverty eradication action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/hunger\/\"><strong>GOAL 2: ZERO HUNGER<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.1&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and\npeople in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and\nsufficient food all year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.2<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally\nagreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and\naddress the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women\nand older persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.3<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food\nproducers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers,\npastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land,\nother productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets\nand opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.4<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient\nagricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help\nmaintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change,\nextreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively\nimprove land and soil quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.5<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and\ndomesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly\nmanaged and diversified seed and plant banks at the national, regional and\ninternational levels, and promote access to and fair and equitable sharing of\nbenefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated\ntraditional knowledge, as internationally agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.A<\/strong>&nbsp;Increase\ninvestment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural\ninfrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology\ndevelopment and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural\nproductive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed\ncountries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.B<\/strong>&nbsp;Correct\nand prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets,\nincluding through the parallel elimination of all forms of agricultural export\nsubsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in accordance with\nthe mandate of the Doha Development Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.C&nbsp;<\/strong>Adopt\nmeasures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their\nderivatives and facilitate timely access to market information, including on\nfood reserves, in order to help limit extreme food price volatility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/health\/\"><strong>GOAL 3: HEALTH<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.1<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000\nlive births.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.2&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age,\nwith all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12\nper 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000\nlive births.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.3&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical\ndiseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable\ndiseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.4&nbsp;<\/strong>By 2030,\nreduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through\nprevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.5&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\nthe prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse\nand harmful use of alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.6&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic\naccidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.7&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services,\nincluding for family planning, information and education, and the integration\nof reproductive health into national strategies and programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.8&nbsp;<\/strong>Achieve\nuniversal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to\nquality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality\nand affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.9&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous\nchemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\nthe implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on\nTobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.B&nbsp;<\/strong>Support\nthe research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and\nnoncommunicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide\naccess to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the\nDoha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the\nright of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the\nAgreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding\nflexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to\nmedicines for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.C&nbsp;<\/strong>Substantially\nincrease health financing and the recruitment, development, training and\nretention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least\ndeveloped countries and small island developing States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.D&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\nthe capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early\nwarning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/education\/\"><strong>GOAL 4: EDUCATION<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.1&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality\nprimary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective\nlearning outcomes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.2&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood\ndevelopment, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary\neducation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.3&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality\ntechnical, vocational and tertiary education, including university<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.4&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant\nskills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs\nand entrepreneurship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.5&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all\nlevels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including\npersons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable\nsituations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.6&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men\nand women, achieve literacy and numeracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.7&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to\npromote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for\nsustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender\nequality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship\nand appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture\u2019s contribution to\nsustainable development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Build\nand upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender\nsensitive and provide safe, nonviolent, inclusive and effective learning\nenvironments for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.B&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to\ndeveloping countries, in particular least developed countries, small island\ndeveloping States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education,\nincluding vocational training and information and communications technology,\ntechnical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and\nother developing countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.C&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including\nthrough international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries,\nespecially least developed countries and small island developing states<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/gender-equality\/\"><strong>GOAL 5: GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN\u2019S\nEMPOWERMENT<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.1<\/strong>&nbsp;End all forms of discrimination against all\nwomen and girls everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.2<\/strong>&nbsp;Eliminate\nall forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private\nspheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.3<\/strong>&nbsp;Eliminate\nall harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female\ngenital mutilation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.4<\/strong>&nbsp;Recognize\nand value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public\nservices, infrastructure and social protection policies&nbsp;and the promotion\nof shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally\nappropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.5<\/strong>&nbsp;Ensure\nwomen\u2019s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership\nat all levels of decisionmaking in political, economic and public life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.6<\/strong>&nbsp;Ensure\nuniversal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as\nagreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International\nConference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action\nand the outcome documents of their review conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.A<\/strong>&nbsp;Undertake\nreforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to\nownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial\nservices, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.B<\/strong>&nbsp;Enhance\nthe use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications\ntechnology, to promote the empowerment of women<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.C<\/strong>&nbsp;Adopt\nand strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of\ngender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/water-and-sanitation\/\"><strong>GOAL 6: WATER AND SANITATION<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.1<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking\nwater for all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.2<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all\nand end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and\ngirls and those in vulnerable situations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.3<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and\nminimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion\nof untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse\nglobally<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.4<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure\nsustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and\nsubstantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.5<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including\nthrough transboundary cooperation as appropriate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.6<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains,\nforests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.A<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to\ndeveloping countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and\nprogrammes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency,\nwastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.B<\/strong>&nbsp;Support\nand strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and\nsanitation management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/energy\/\"><strong>GOAL 7: ENERGY<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7.1<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy\nservices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7.2&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy\nmix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7.3&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7.A&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>energy research and technology, including\nrenewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel\ntechnology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy\ntechnology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7.B&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and\nsustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular\nleast developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked\ndeveloping countries, in accordance with their respective programmes of support<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/economic-growth\/\"><strong>GOAL 8: ECONOMIC GROWTH<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.1&nbsp;<\/strong>Sustain\nper capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in\nparticular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the\nleast developed countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.2&nbsp;<\/strong>Achieve\nhigher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological\nupgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and\nlabour-intensive sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\ndevelopment-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job\ncreation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the\nformalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises,\nincluding through access to financial services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.4&nbsp;<\/strong>Improve\nprogressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and\nproduction and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental\ndegradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on\nsustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the\nlead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.5&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and\nmen, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay\nfor work of equal value<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.6&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education\nor training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.7&nbsp;<\/strong>Take\nimmediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery\nand human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst\nforms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by\n2025 end child labour in all its forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.8&nbsp;<\/strong>Protect\nlabour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers,\nincluding migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in\nprecarious employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.9&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates\njobs and promotes local culture and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.10&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\nthe capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access\nto banking, insurance and financial services for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Increase\nAid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed\ncountries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for\nTrade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8.B&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and\nimplement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/infrastructure-industrialization\/\"><strong>GOAL 9: INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRIALIZATION<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.1&nbsp;<\/strong>Develop\nquality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional\nand transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human\nwell-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.2&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\ninclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise\nindustry\u2019s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with\nnational circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Increase\nthe access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in\ndeveloping countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and\ntheir integration into value chains and markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.4&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable,\nwith increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and\nenvironmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries\ntaking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.5&nbsp;<\/strong>Enhance\nscientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial\nsectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by\n2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of\nresearch and development workers per 1 million people and public and private\nresearch and development spending<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Facilitate\nsustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries\nthrough enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African\ncountries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small\nisland developing States 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.B&nbsp;<\/strong>Support\ndomestic technology development, research and innovation in developing\ncountries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter\nalia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9.C&nbsp;<\/strong>Significantly\nincrease access to information and communications technology and strive to\nprovide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed\ncountries by 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/inequality\/\"><strong>GOAL 10: INEQUALITY<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.1&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 per cent\nof the population at a rate higher than the national average<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.2&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all,\nirrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or\neconomic or other status<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Ensure\nequal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating\ndiscriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate\nlegislation, policies and action in this regard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.4&nbsp;<\/strong>Adopt\npolicies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and\nprogressively achieve greater equality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.5&nbsp;<\/strong>Improve\nthe regulation and monitoring of global financial markets and institutions and\nstrengthen the implementation of such regulations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.6&nbsp;<\/strong>Ensure\nenhanced representation and voice for developing countries in decision-making\nin global international economic and financial institutions in order to deliver\nmore effective, credible, accountable and legitimate institutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.7&nbsp;<\/strong>Facilitate\norderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people,\nincluding through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration\npolicies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Implement\nthe principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries,\nin particular least developed countries, in accordance with World Trade\nOrganization agreements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.B&nbsp;<\/strong>Encourage\nofficial development assistance and financial flows, including foreign direct\ninvestment, to States where the need is greatest, in particular least developed\ncountries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked\ndeveloping countries, in accordance with their national plans and programmes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10.C&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant\nremittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per\ncent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/cities\/\"><strong>GOAL 11: CITIES<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.1&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic\nservices and upgrade slums<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.2&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport\nsystems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport,\nwith special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women,\nchildren, persons with disabilities and older persons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.3&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for\nparticipatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and\nmanagement in all countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.4&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\nefforts to protect and safeguard the world\u2019s cultural and natural heritage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.5&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people\naffected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to\nglobal gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related\ndisasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable\nsituations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.6&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including\nby paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste\nmanagement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.7&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and\npublic spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons\nwith disabilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Support\npositive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and\nrural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.B&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements\nadopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion,\nresource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to\ndisasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for\nDisaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all\nlevels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11.C&nbsp;<\/strong>Support\nleast developed countries, including through financial and technical\nassistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local\nmaterials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-consumption-production\/\"><strong>GOAL 12: SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND\nPRODUCTION<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.1&nbsp;<\/strong>Implement\nthe 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production,\nall countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking\ninto account the development and capabilities of developing countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.2&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.3&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and\nreduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest\nlosses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.4&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes\nthroughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international\nframeworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in\norder to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.5&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction,\nrecycling and reuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.6&nbsp;<\/strong>Encourage\ncompanies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable\npractices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting\ncycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.7&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\npublic procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national\npolicies and priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.8&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness\nfor sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Support\ndeveloping countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity\nto move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.B&nbsp;<\/strong>Develop\nand implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable\ntourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12.C&nbsp;<\/strong>Rationalize\ninefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by\nremoving market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances,\nincluding by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies,\nwhere they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into\naccount the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and\nminimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that\nprotects the poor and the affected communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/climate-change\/\"><strong>GOAL 13: CLIMATE CHANGE<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13.1&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\nresilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural\ndisasters in all countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13.2&nbsp;<\/strong>Integrate\nclimate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Improve\neducation, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate\nchange mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Implement\nthe commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations\nFramework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100\nbillion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing\ncountries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on\nimplementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its\ncapitalization as soon as possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13.B&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\nmechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning\nand management in least developed countries and small island developing States,\nincluding focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Acknowledging that the United Nations\nFramework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international,\nintergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/oceans\/\"><strong>GOAL 14: OCEANS<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.1&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in\nparticular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient\npollution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.2&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid\nsignificant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and\ntake action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive\noceans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Minimize\nand address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced\nscientific cooperation at all levels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.4&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported\nand unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement\nscience-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest\ntime feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as\ndetermined by their biological characteristics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.5&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent\nwith national and international law and based on the best available scientific\ninformation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.6&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to\novercapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal,\nunreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such\nsubsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential\ntreatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral\npart of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.7&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and\nleast developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources,\nincluding through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Increase\nscientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology,\ntaking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and\nGuidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean\nhealth and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the\ndevelopment of developing countries, in particular small island developing\nStates and least developed countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.B&nbsp;<\/strong>Provide\naccess for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14.C&nbsp;<\/strong>Enhance\nthe conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by\nimplementing international law as reflected in UNCLOS, which provides the legal\nframework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their\nresources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of The Future We Want<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/biodiversity\/\"><strong>GOAL 15: BIODIVERSITY, FORESTS,\nDESERTIFICATION<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.1<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial\nand inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests,\nwetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international\nagreements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.2<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of\nforests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially\nincrease afforestation and reforestation globally<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.3<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land\naffected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land\ndegradation-neutral world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.4<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2030, ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems, including their\nbiodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to provide benefits that are\nessential for sustainable development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.5<\/strong>&nbsp;Take\nurgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats,\nhalt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction\nof threatened species<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.6<\/strong>&nbsp;Promote\nfair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of\ngenetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as\ninternationally agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.7<\/strong>&nbsp;Take\nurgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and\nfauna and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.8<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2020, introduce measures to prevent the introduction and significantly reduce\nthe impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems and control\nor eradicate the priority species<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.9<\/strong>&nbsp;By\n2020, integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into national and local\nplanning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies and accounts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.A<\/strong>&nbsp;Mobilize\nand significantly increase financial resources from all sources to conserve and\nsustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.B<\/strong>&nbsp;Mobilize\nsignificant resources from all sources and at all levels to finance sustainable\nforest management and provide adequate incentives to developing countries to\nadvance such management, including for conservation and reforestation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>15.C<\/strong>&nbsp;Enhance\nglobal support for efforts to combat poaching and trafficking of protected\nspecies, including by increasing the capacity of local communities to pursue\nsustainable livelihood opportunities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/peace-justice\/\"><strong>GOAL 16: PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG\nINSTITUTIONS<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.1&nbsp;<\/strong>Significantly\nreduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.2&nbsp;<\/strong>End\nabuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture\nof children<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\nthe rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal\naccess to justice for all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.4&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the\nrecovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.5&nbsp;<\/strong>Substantially\nreduce corruption and bribery in all their forms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.6&nbsp;<\/strong>Develop\neffective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.7&nbsp;<\/strong>Ensure\nresponsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all\nlevels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.8&nbsp;<\/strong>Broaden\nand strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of\nglobal governance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.9&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.10&nbsp;<\/strong>Ensure\npublic access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance\nwith national legislation and international agreements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.A&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\nrelevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for\nbuilding capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to\nprevent violence and combat terrorism and crime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16.B&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\nand enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/globalpartnerships\/\"><strong>GOAL 17: PARTNERSHIPS<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.1&nbsp;<\/strong>Strengthen\ndomestic resource mobilization, including through international support to\ndeveloping countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue\ncollection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.2&nbsp;<\/strong>Developed\ncountries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments,\nincluding the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of\n0.7 per cent of ODA\/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of\nODA\/GNI to least developed countries ODA providers are encouraged to consider\nsetting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA\/GNI to least\ndeveloped countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.3&nbsp;<\/strong>Mobilize\nadditional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.4&nbsp;<\/strong>Assist\ndeveloping countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through\ncoordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt\nrestructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted\npoor countries to reduce debt distress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.5&nbsp;<\/strong>Adopt\nand implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.6&nbsp;<\/strong>Enhance\nNorth-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation\non and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge\nsharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among\nexisting mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a\nglobal technology facilitation mechanism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.7&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\nthe development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound\ntechnologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on\nconcessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.8&nbsp;<\/strong>Fully\noperationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation\ncapacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance\nthe use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications\ntechnology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Capacity building<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.9&nbsp;<\/strong>Enhance\ninternational support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building\nin developing countries to support national plans to implement all the\nsustainable development goals, including through North-South, South-South and\ntriangular cooperation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trade<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.10&nbsp;<\/strong>Promote\na universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral\ntrading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the\nconclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.11&nbsp;<\/strong>Significantly\nincrease the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to\ndoubling the least developed countries\u2019 share of global exports by 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.12&nbsp;<\/strong>Realize\ntimely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting\nbasis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade\nOrganization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin\napplicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and\nsimple, and contribute to facilitating market access<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Systemic issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Policy and institutional coherence<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.13&nbsp;<\/strong>Enhance\nglobal macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and\npolicy coherence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.14&nbsp;<\/strong>Enhance\npolicy coherence for sustainable development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.15&nbsp;<\/strong>Respect\neach country\u2019s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies\nfor poverty eradication and sustainable development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Multi-stakeholder partnerships<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.16&nbsp;<\/strong>Enhance\nthe global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by\nmulti-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology\nand financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable\ndevelopment goals in all countries, in particular developing countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.17&nbsp;<\/strong>Encourage\nand promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships,\nbuilding on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Data, monitoring and accountability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.18&nbsp;<\/strong>By\n2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for\nleast developed countries and small island developing States, to increase\nsignificantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data\ndisaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status,\ndisability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national\ncontexts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17.19&nbsp;<\/strong>By 2030,\nbuild on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on\nsustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support\nstatistical capacity-building in developing countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Understanding the United Nations Sustainable\nDevelopment Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statement by H.E. Lower Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of\nUganda At UN General Assembly Debate on\u201cThe Sustainable Development Goals: A\nuniversal push to transform our world\u201dNew York 20 September, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your\nExcellencies Heads of State and Government;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President\nof the General Assembly;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr.\nSecretary-General;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honourable\nMinisters;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distinguished\nparticipants;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ladies\nand Gentlemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nwould like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to lead the General\nAssembly during the 71st Session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ntheme of the General Assembly is:&nbsp;\u201cThe Sustainable Development Goals: a\nuniversal push to transform our world\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a good topic.&nbsp;\nIt adds another nail in the coffin of the old parasitic arrangement where only\na small portion of humanity \u2500 those living in the USA, Canada, Western Europe,\nAustralia and New-Zealand, lived in affluence while the rest of the world lived\nin abject poverty.&nbsp; The reasoning, then, was as if one could not be\naffluent without doing so at the expense of somebody else.&nbsp; This logic has\nnow been challenged.&nbsp; Since 1981- 2010, 380 million and 207 million of\npeople in China and India respectively have come out of poverty.&nbsp; Even in\nAfrica, a continent with alot of accumulated disadvantages, 414 millions of\npeople have come out of poverty.&nbsp; In Uganda\u2019s case by 2004, 56% of the\npeople were living in poverty.&nbsp; Today that figure is 19%.&nbsp; It is\nhoped that by 2017,&nbsp; it will be reduced to 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isn\u2019t\nthe world a better place with this spread of affluence?&nbsp; Haven\u2019t the old\naffluent societies and the new ones both benefitted?&nbsp; The USA is today\nexporting goods and services to China worth US$ 120 billion per year.&nbsp; The\nEU is exporting goods and services to China worth US$ 356 billion.&nbsp; Hasn\u2019t\nthe spread of affluence benefited more people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSDGs understood this well.&nbsp; They are 17 of them and they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>End\npoverty in all its forms everywhere;<\/li><li>End\nhunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable\nagriculture;<\/li><li>Ensure\nhealthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages;<\/li><li>Ensure\ninclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning\nopportunities for all;<\/li><li>Achieve\ngender equality and empower all women and girls;<\/li><li>Ensure\navailability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all;<\/li><li>Ensure\naccess to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all;<\/li><li>Promote\nsustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive\nemployment and decent work for all;<\/li><li>Build\nresilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization\nand foster innovation;<\/li><li>Reduce\nin-equalities within and among countries;<\/li><li>Make cities and\nhuman settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable;<\/li><li>Ensure sustainable\nconsumption and production patterns;<\/li><li>Take urgent action\nto combat climate change and its impacts;<\/li><li>Conserve and\nsustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable\ndevelopment;<\/li><li>Life on land\n(terrestrial life);<\/li><li>Peace, justice and\nstrong institutions; and<\/li><li>Partnerships for the\nGoals.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Although\nthis is a different way of diagnosing and providing a prescription for the\nproblems of under-development, we are happy that, at last, the global agenda\ncaptures most of the ingredients necessary for growth and transformation of\nsocieties as happened in the past for those societies that pioneered the\nIndustrial Revolution. In particular, the inclusion of energy on the list of\nthe SDGs is a departure from the past global agendas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These\nSGDs fractionate and put differently many of our own10 strategic\nbottlenecks.&nbsp; These are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nideological disorientation;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\na weak state, especially the army, that needed restructuring;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;\nthe suppression of the private sector;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;\nthe underdevelopment of the human resource (lack of education and poor health);\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nthe underdevelopment of the infrastructure (the railways, the roads, the\nelectricity, the telephones, piped water, etc);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;\na small internal market;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(vii)&nbsp;\nlack of industrialization;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(viii)\nthe underdevelopment of the services sector (hotels, banking, transport,\ninsurance, etc.);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(ix)&nbsp;&nbsp;\nthe underdevelopment of agriculture; and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nthe attack on democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As\nyou can see, there are 2 crucial bottlenecks that are missing in the\nSDGs.&nbsp; These are: ideological disorientation which, for us, is bottleneck\nnumber one and market integration which is bottleneck number 6.&nbsp; One can,\nof course, say that the idea of ideological disorientation is subsumed in SDG\nnumber 16, that of peace, justice and strong institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless,\nthere is no harm in singling out and highlighting this problem of the pseudo \u2500\nideology that exploits identities of people (religion, tribe, race, gender,\netc) and eclipses the interests of the people (balanced trade, for instance).&nbsp;\nThat equal relationship between the producer of a good and a service and the\nbuyer of the same, both in ancient times and modern ones, is the greatest\nstimulus to global prosperity.&nbsp; This, however, is many times eclipsed by\nthe shallow promotion of chauvinism of religion, tribe, race or gender even\nwhen one\u2019s religion-mates, tribe-mates, race-mates are doing nothing or little\nfor ones prosperity.&nbsp; Yet the recent growth through trade by China, India\netc, in their interaction with the USA, EU, Africa, etc, shows the power of\nthis stimulus.&nbsp; Let the global body, therefore, understand and blacklist\nthis pseudo \u2500 ideology of sectarianism and chauvinism of groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All\nthe past mistakes and the present ones are linked to this problem. Imperialism,\nslave trade, colonialism, neo-colonialism, the ongoing sectarian conflicts in\nmany parts of the world, all, in one way or another, spring from pseudo \u2500\nideology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nfair and authentic ideology of being&nbsp;\u201cmy brother\u2019s keeper\u201d&nbsp;in the\nBook of Genesis, Chapter 4:9 is the true antidote to this poison. Abandon all\nforms of chauvinism and the world will be safer for everybody.&nbsp; In my\ndialect we say:&nbsp;\u201cKarasha ngabo, imurasha\u201d&nbsp;\u2500 \u201cthe one who shoots\narrows at others, should expect arrows to come his way\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally,\nour bottleneck number 6, the bottleneck of fragmented markets in Africa\n(possibly in other areas as well), should also be addressed.&nbsp; It is easy\nto trade with China, India, the USA, Russia, Brazil or Indonesia because they\nare markets of 1.3 billion, 1.2 billion, 150 million, 200 million and 200\nmillion respectively because they are societies under one political authority\neach.&nbsp; We and the others that have fragmented markets, must struggle to\nrectify this deficiency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nAfrica, we are already moving.&nbsp; Hence, our EAC, COMESA, SADC, ECOWAS and,\nultimately, the Common Market of the whole of Africa as we agreed, recently, in\nKigali, Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember\nthat when I buy what is produced by your factory, I am supporting your\nprosperity and when you buy what I produce, you are supporting my prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long\nlive the SDGs; but, please, do not forget to add the bottlenecks observed by\nus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nthank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Editorial Board<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prof Ripu Ranjan Sinha<\/strong><br>\nGlobal Sustainable Development Champion<br>\nDirector General<br>\nAsia Africa Development Council (ADCO)<br>\nNew Delhi India<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luzindana Adam Buyinza<\/strong><br>\nTeam Leader\/CEO<br>\nPublic Opinions International<br>\nKampala,Uganda<br>\nTel:+256701992426<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Museveni of Uganda on Understanding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Published by Asia Africa Development Council (New Delhi India) and Public Opinions International Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is committed to attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 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