In a speech before the United Nations’ General Assembly, a representative of President Donald Trump ’s administration rejected the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Edward Heartney, a minister-counselor at the UN Mission to the United Nations, called the 2030 agenda “a program of soft global governance that is inconsistent with UN sovereignty and adverse to the rights and interests of Americans.”
Trump also said he’s “strongly considering” sanctions and tariffs on Russia in hopes of forcing a settlement to the war in Ukraine, and he sent a letter to Iran’s leaders seeking to negotiate a nuclear deal.
In 2015, then-President Barack Obama pledged the United States’ commitment to meeting the newly adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. These goals aim to eradicate poverty, promote gender equality, and address climate change with urgency.
They also focus on ensuring access to clean water and sanitation, providing quality education for all children, and fostering good health, decent work, and economic growth for everyone.
In economic news, uncertainty in world markets continues after Trump declared a weeks-long delay of tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada.
