Conference on Strategies and Partnership to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals to open in Minsk today

6 июня 2018

The Conference Strategies and Partnerships to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals will open in Minsk today. The event will bring together over 250 participants, including experts fr om Germany and Ukraine. During the discussion, proposals will be developed for the draft of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development through the year 2035, wh ere they will take into account the implementation of the 17 sustainable development goals outlined by the UN.

In February, on the initiative of Belarus, Minsk hosted a large-scale regional forum of national coordinators. Then, for the first time Amina J. Mohammed, the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, visited Belarus. Among the priority themes are eradication of poverty, combating inequality and injustice, and addressing climate change. Belarus is actively involved in this work.