UN chief calls for efforts to rescue Sustainable Development Goals

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make it a top priority.

“In a world in crisis, rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals is more important than ever,” the secretary-general told the UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) 2022 Operational Activities for Development Segment, an event held during the 2022 ECOSOC session (May 17-19).

“When we see most of the SDGs moving backwards by the accumulation of crises we are facing, to rescue them must be our highest common priority,” the top UN official stressed.

On the impact of COVID-19, Guterres said that the pandemic has led to the loss of some 15 million lives. Xinhua