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General News of Monday, February 11, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-02-11
President Nana Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo Dankwa urged African leaders to strengthen their commitment and accelerate the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
According to President Akufo-Addo, it is the best way to guarantee the chances of success, adding that "posterity will be the judge of our determination and determination."
The President announced on Sunday, February 10, 2019, when he addressed African leaders, along with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Nairobi. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
At the meeting, he noted that when the founding fathers met in Addis Ababa in 1963 to adopt the OAU Charter, their fundamental aspirations were the realization of freedom, equality, justice, dignity and the economic transformation of the continent by the immense natural and human resources of the continent.
"Today, these aspirations are concretized both in the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 and in the AU Agenda 2063," he added. .
With the global community, collectively adopting the noble agenda of sustainable development goals as a framework for addressing the many challenges the world faces, President Akufo-Addo was convinced that "the 17 Sustainable Development Goals offer our generation a tremendous opportunity to fight against inequality at all levels. fronts, eliminate extreme poverty, combat climate change, reverse the current trend of degradation and unsustainable use of our environmental and marine resources, transform our economies and bring greater prosperity to our peoples. "
He continued: "The strong convergence between the Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda 2063 makes it imperative to take advantage of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve the goals and objectives of our 2063. Agenda. substantial progress made by our continent on many fronts, remain firmly with those who say that "it is the moment of Africa". "
However, in order to fully capture the ambitions of African peoples, the President urged African leaders to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the Sustainable Development Goals.
"We need to implement the SDGs brilliantly. We have the capacity, creativity, knowledge and resources to lead the world in implementing the SDGs. So, let's stand up. The SDGs bring hope and investment for our future – the future of our young people and the generations to come, "he added.
Recalling that the Sustainable Development Goals are inspired by the Millennium Development Goals, themselves inspired by the audacity of one of the most illustrious sons of this continent, the former one. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, from a blessed memory, President Akufo-Addo stressed that the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is exactly what Kofi Annan would have liked. "
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