Published 10 July 2023
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Buckie Got It, St Kitts Nevis News Source
“The Time to change Crisis into Opportunity is Now” – UN High-Level Political Forum Opens
New York, July 10, 2023 (Permanent Mission of St. Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations): Today marks the first day of the convening of the highly anticipated High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) at the United Nations. 2023 marks the mid-way point since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda 2030 was established in 2015. This event provides an opportunity for all stakeholders – government officials including sectoral ministers, multilateral institutions, non-governmental organizations, cities, academics, businesses, academia, and many other stakeholders – to come together to devise a plan of action to turbo-charge the implementation of the SDGs despite the severe financial, energy, food and humanitarian crises that have been triggered not only by the ongoing fallout effects of the COVID-19 pandemic but also the war in Ukraine and the longstanding climate emergency.
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