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A Sense of Urgency Required For Meeting the 2030 Deadline
By António Guterres
Following is the text of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Foreword to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 published on 20 June. With just 12 years left to the 2030 deadline, we must inject a sense of urgency, writes Guterres. – The Editor
UNITED NATIONS (IDN-INPS) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a global blueprint for dignity, peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and in the future. Three years into the implementation of the Agenda, countries are translating this shared vision into national development plans and strategies.
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018 highlights progress being made in many areas of the 2030 Agenda. Since the turn of the century, the maternal mortality ratio in sub-Saharan Africa has declined by 35 per cent and the under-five mortality rate has dropped by 50 per cent.
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