Doris Leuthard pleased with the implementation of the Agenda 2030.

Federal Councilor Doris Leuthard announced Tuesday Uno in New York explains up to where Switzerland is going in implementing the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In Switzerland, the country report has been criticized by civil society. In its report to the United Nations, the government issued an essentially positive interim report

. In his presentation, Leuthard said that Switzerland had many goals, such as health, education, energy, employment, infrastructure and innovation. (peaceful and inclusive societies), well on the way.

However, it also mentioned areas where it is necessary to act in Switzerland, for example with regard to the unsustainable consumption of resources due to domestic consumption patterns and the conditions of production of imported goods in Switzerland. Swiss. It is also necessary to act in areas such as biodiversity, the fight against soil erosion or the revitalization of water courses.

In other areas as well, a high level of commitment is needed to achieve the SDGs. With regard to the "leave no one behind" principle of the 2030 Agenda, Switzerland is committed to better integrating disadvantaged groups of the population, such as people with disabilities, so that they can participate to the prosperity of the country.

Youth

Not only did Federal Councilor Leuthard speak at the UN: Sophie Neuhaus, 29, of the Swiss Association of Youth Associations (SAJV), had opportunity to present the views of civil society and youth. Among other things, she said that the 2030 Agenda is of particular importance to young people.

"The 2030 Program encourages young people to take a holistic view of things so that they can understand the impact of their actions on their immediate environment to recognize the rest of the world."

She also emphasized the importance of the "leave no one behind" principle of the Agenda 2030. He meant to be dissatisfied progress towards the average, and therefore called for a more detailed analysis of the situation of the most vulnerable segments of the population in the next report on sustainable development in Switzerland, to be presented to the United Nations in 2022.

Take serious reproach "

Regarding the Platform Platform's claims In 2030, bringing together more than 40 civil society organizations, Federal Councilor Leuthard had declared before her presentation at 3 9; Keystone-SDA agency in New York that she took the allegations seriously. There is certainly a need for action in different areas in Switzerland.

The platform produced its own report on the country's sustainable development challenges under the title "We Sustainable Switzerland". The report of more than 80 pages contains 11 recommendations for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. However, it does not claim to be exhaustive, said Jürg Staudenmann of the Southern Alliance at Keystone-SDA in New York.

In addition to respecting global borders and human rights Above all, the platform requires sufficient resources for implementation, a strong institutional anchor of the 2030 Agenda within the federal government, the United States. alignment of the Legislative Agenda with the 2030 Agenda and strengthening policy coherence for sustainable development. (sda)