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Looking Forward: People, planet, and prosperity
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On its 50th anniversary, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published Thursday "it is looking towards the future".
“Early in 1966, United Nations leaders fighting poverty came together to form UNDP. Since that time, we’ve played a transformational role in reducing poverty, empowering women, creating jobs, protecting the environment, and lots more in the nearly 170 countries where we work.
“On the occasion of our 50th anniversary, UNDP is looking toward the future of people and planet. That future is uncertain. On the one hand, climate change, political turbulence, economic inequality, and other challenges. On the other hand, technological advances, tremendous economic growth, and an unprecedented global consensus about the best way forward.
"At UNDP, we are committed to finish the job we started 50 years ago, and end poverty once and for all. We imagine a world where all people prosper, societies are more inclusive, and the planet is protected from the worst effects of climate change. We want to leave no one behind.
“This is the agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as Agenda 2030, and it’s what guides our work for the next 15 years. Agenda 2030 is the most ambitious effort on development in world history. UNDP is prepared to lead the way to achieve this global agenda.
"We will connect the dots and integrate diverse efforts internationally, such as on health, energy, work and climate--so that we’re advancing development on all fronts.
"We’ll constantly look for multiplier effects that yield big benefits--such as our work on women’s and girls’ education, which advances life in other areas, such as health and governance.
"And we’ll identify points where we can accelerate our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The final result: a more prosperous, fair, and inclusive world for all.
"This is a job not just for the poor countries or the rich counties. Not only for the people or their leaders. It’s a shared vision of the future of humanity. And you have a part,” it says.
