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United Nations, April
25 (Xinhua / GNA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the
China's proposed belt and road initiative is a "very important
opportunity "to the world.
With such a huge
volume of investment in international cooperation provided by the BIS,
is "a very important opportunity to strengthen the implementation capacity
the Sustainable Development Goals and an important opportunity to launch
prospects in the coming years, "Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters
before leaving for the second Road and Belt Forum for International Cooperation
In Beijing.
"When we look
sustainable development goals, when we look at the 2030 agenda, we see that
we are not making enough progress, "said the UN chief.
"Financing for
development is not enough. There is not enough money. There is not enough of it
support to developing countries to achieve sustainable development
development objectives, "he added.
Meanwhile, "the
climate change is running faster and we are not able to keep our promises
that were made in Paris, "Guterres said, expressing concern over the
lack of political will in the world to reverse this negative trend.
According to Guterres,
many countries could benefit from the huge volume of investments made
by the initiative to reduce their developmental delay with others.
Noting that the BIS
may have a greater impact on the countries concerned, he said.
provide them with all their support and ensure that the investment and projects could be
honestly integrated into their economies and societies, so as to produce the best
effect for development.
For the climate
Guterres said the BIS could be an extremely important tool to fight the
global problem and reverse the trend.
"We need a lot of
investments in sustainable development, renewable energies and many
investments in infrastructure that respects the future and genuinely
sustainable development, "he added.
He said that he is happy to
host a seminar on green growth at the next Belt and Road forum,
that he will make a call for more concrete actions, instead of words, to deal with
with the common challenge.
Commenting on China
development over the past 70 years, of one of the world's poorest countries
world to the world's second largest economy, the UN chief said that the
extraordinary success of China's economic growth in recent decades is
"probably a unique example in the world", if we look at what
been in the history of development.
Speaking of
China's strong commitment to multilateralism and closer cooperation with the
global body in areas such as the promotion of sustainable development and
security, he said to himself "very grateful for this very significant increase
Chinese support for peacekeeping. "
All that
helps connect different countries would make trading easier, Guterres
I said.
"That's exactly
the opportunity that, in my opinion, represents the belt and the road, "he said.
adding that it is very important to discuss and maximize the positive impacts
from the BIS to this forum.
Talk about the
cultural differences along the belt and the road, António Guterres said that "one of the
the most important is to respect diversity, if you want to have peace
l & # 39; harmony. "
"Diversity is
wealth, not a threat, "he said.
GNA
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