Time Is Now for Bold Choices, Investment in Sustainable Development Goals, Deputy Secretary-General Stresses, as Efforts Centre on Decade of Action
(WorldNews Environment)

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed`s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Sustainable Development Goals Moment, in New York today: My heartfelt thanks to all of you for making this first Sustainable Development Goals Moment a truly inspiring event. This Moment has set the stage for a Decade of Action. The Secretaryâ€`General has made abundantly clear that we can, we must and we will succeed. The COVID-19 crisis is testing every country in the world, threatening decades of development progress and undermining our plans to deliver the global goals. But it is also an opportunity: to do things differently; to make great leaps forward; to imagine a better future and to...