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THIS IS UNITED NATIONS SPEECH MADE 35 MINUTES AGO ON THE 25TH FROM GUTERRIES - 7 MINS RUNTIME
Note: transcript below included.
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UN Chief at the SDG Moment 2024 | United Nations
https://youtu.be/z3XpkmsPehc
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25 Sept 2024
Secretary-General António Guterres today (24 Sep) said the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “are facing massive headwinds,” as “crashing debt and inefficient tax systems are starving investments in health, education and food in many developing countries.”
Speaking at an SDG Moment event, Guterres said the goals “represent a bold vision, a commitment to a better, healthier, safer and more prosperous and sustainable future,” but acknowledged that “more than four out of five SDG targets are off track.”
He stressed that “the world has the wealth, the technology, and the know how to achieve the SDGs.”
“Crashing debt and inefficient tax systems,” the Secretary-General said, “are starving investments in health, education and food in many developing countries.” The Pact for the Future, he added “includes support for the SDG stimulus and global financial architecture reform to help ease the debt crisis.”
Guterres said, “it is time for a rapid and just phase out of fossil fuels and the rapid and smart scale up of renewables to drive sustainable development, energy security, and economic prosperity.”
He also emphasized that “we must fairly and sustainabPost too long. Click here to view the full text.