Terming this year's UNGA- adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-2030 as a collective journey, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the international community has to deliver on the means of implementation.
Sheikh Hasina said, "For implementation of the SDGs, we will need scaled-up resources from all sources -- public and private, domestic and international. Thus, fulfillment of the 'ODA Targets' will be crucial from the beginning."
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was addressing a high-level discussion on "MDGS to SDGs: A Way Forward", organised by Bangladesh on the sidelines of the seventieth UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh is committed to lead by example again in case of SDGs as it has done for achieving the MDGs. "In the journey, no one will be left behind as we aspire to build a just, progressive, peaceful and prosperous Bangladesh."
She added: "Bangladesh also needs critical support in technology and capacity building areas. In meeting the developmental and climatic challenges, Bangladesh need adaptive and environmentally-sound technologies -- particularly in areas like health, agriculture, energy and transport."
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, President of the Republic of Benin Boni Yayi, Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan L"fven, President of the General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft, UNDP Administrator Ms. Helen Clark, UN Under Secretary General and representative of UN Secretary General, Gayan Chandra Achariya, and Special Envoy to World Bank President Mahmud Mohiuddin also spoke on the occasion.
Extending her thanks to world leaders for evaluating Bangladesh as a development surprise, she said Bangladesh has proved many myths wrong. To many development thinkers Bangladesh has progressed much more in development sector compared to many developing countries.
