The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) was initiated by the United Nations to transform the world but the year 2030. Write a report on the steps taken by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030.
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
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National Committee on Sustainable Development Goals
UAE AND THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EXCELLENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION
2017
UAE AND THE 2030 AGENDA
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EXCELLENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION
...2017
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
SPECIAL MESSAGE
The Sustainable Development Goals are the defining multilateral agreement through 2030 - and one especially central to the
United Arab Emirates as both a country and a major international donor. Never before have the 193 countries of the United
Nations - and hundreds of thousands of stakeholders - agreed on such a far-reaching vision for our collective future.
The Goals enshrine a new way of understanding and undertaking development in a holistic manner. No longer is it solely a
measure of how much people earn or how long they live, but about how they experience life. It takes into account a tremendous
range of factors, from the plastic floating in their oceans, through mental well-being and happiness, to their ownership of a
mobile phone. Moreover, the new definition puts the emphasis on the long-term. Development that cannot provide for future
generations economically, environmentally, and socially is not true development.
The UAE believes this focus on high-quality life for future generations is the mindset we need to succeed as a nation, and to
maximize the impact of our foreign aid. The UAE played an important role in the dialogue around SDG and make them the core
outcome of the Rio+20 Summit, as well as to institutionalize them from then until UN adoption in 2015. We challenged global
perception of our region through our championship of women’s empowerment, sustainable energy, and climate action, alongside
our world-class work on education, poverty eradication, and health, among other fields. The SDGs are therefore part of our legacy,
and a reinforcement of our plans for the future.
The progress we have made in only the last year is encouraging. The UAE’s National Committee on SDGs is actively aligning
the work of all our ministries to achieve the SDGs as part of our existing development frameworks like Visions 2021 and 2071.
Our cabinet - with landmark expansion into happiness, tolerance, future, and youth portfolios in 2016 - continues to evolve
with the reconceptualization of sustainable development, appointing ministers for food security, advanced sciences, and artificial
intelligence. The youth engagement strategy means that the next generation is actively mainstreaming the SDGs and their ethos
into the blueprint for the country. Abroad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released the UAE’s
first-ever aid policy, with the SDGs at their heart in terms of both content and - critically - reporting. And, to deepen all this
work, the National Committee on SDGs will lead a national process to prepare for our first-ever official international review on
implementation - the Voluntary National Review - at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in July 2018.
While all SDGs are essential, we must not risk false equivalencies. The most serious gaps need to be highlighted. The role of
the National Committee on SDGs, as well as the UAE in the UN, is to raise these red flags and mobilize action to address them.
Meaningful change is never straightforward. But I am confident that we in the UAE now have both the mindset and the systems
in place to make a real difference towards the Sustainable Development Goals - and to continue enhancing our efforts. We owe
it ourselves and to our posterity to dream big and deliver accordingly.
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