New York: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Retno Marsudi explained the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a series of United Nations (UN) General Assembly Sessions. Through the SDGs Summit, Foreign Minister Retno highlighted the debt crisis in developing countries.
Regarding Indonesia's SDGs achievement, based on BAPPENAS data, 63 percent of the total 216 indicators of the SDGs program action plan for the 2021-2024 period have been achieved. However, this figure still does not encourage progress in achieving the SDGs at the regional level considering that the development gap is still quite high.
"The current global situation, especially with the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, is making efforts to achieve the SDGs," said Foreign Minister Retno, quoted from a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tuesday 19 September 2023.
With the pandemic and war in Ukraine, efforts to achieve the SDGs are increasing.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs explained the results of achieving the SDGs presented by the UN. To date, only 12 percent of the SDGs targets globally are on track. Meanwhile, progress for the other 50 percent is slow and 30 percent are stagnant or experiencing setbacks.
The report also stated that global hunger levels have now reached their highest point since 2005. The report also said developing countries felt the worst impact.
"It will take 286 years to close the gender gap," said Foreign Minister Retno.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs also mentioned that 1/3 of developing countries were experiencing a debt crisis, while commitments of assistance from developed countries to developing countries had not been realized.
"For example, the commitment of assistance of USD 100 billion per year to overcome climate change has not yet been realized. So that is an additional explanation regarding the achievements of the SDGs to date.
"For the Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia regions, the situation is also very challenging," said Foreign Minister Retno.
According to the 2023 SDGs Progress Report issued by UNESCAP, SDGs progress in Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia is only 14.4 percent. It is estimated that 90 percent of the SDGs targets will not be achieved by 2030 and it will take another 42 years to achieve the SDGs.
Meanwhile for ASEAN, the data states that the development gap is quite high. There are countries that achieve the SDGs well, but there are also those that lag behind.
The achievement of the SDGs is also the concern of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. According to Secretary General Guterres, global SDGs achievement has only been 15 percent. Therefore, global rescue is needed, including through a stimulus of 500 billion USD per year.
"Now is the time to take action if we want to continue achieving the SDGs by 2030," stressed the UN Secretary General.
In particular, the Secretary General highlighted six areas that need special attention, namely: hunger, energy transition, digitalization, education, decent work and social protection as well as war protection.
In the Asia Pacific region alone, SDGs achievement has only reached 14.4 percent from the supposed 50 percent.
The SDG Summit is an official UN meeting held every four years at the Head of State/Government level to review progress and challenges in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The meeting was also held to mobilize global commitment and action to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs. The 2023 SDG Summit has produced a document in the form of a Political Declaration containing the commitment of UN member countries to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs.
This summit carries out a mandate based on UN resolutions, marking the halfway point of the SDGs achievement target which will end in 2030. As well as to revive enthusiasm and optimism in global efforts to achieve SDGs targets.
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