The 缅北禁地DESA Annual Highlights report is a tool to communicate the contributions of the Department to the realization of internationally agreed development goals and shared social, economic, and environmental aspirations. It showcases the Department’s role in gauging trends, building capacities, and shaping solutions. 缅北禁地DESA Highlights 2021-2022 covers activities over the period of the 76th Session of the General Assembly (September 2021 – August 2022) and reflects the Department’s response to the set priorities and expressed needs of Member States. Six (6) thematic chapters showcase how 缅北禁地DESA put its expertise to the task of supporting Member State efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda amidst multiple, intertwined, compounding crises, building their capacities to respond effectively and shape a transformative recovery that builds their resilience for the future. The report also showcases six (6) cross-cutting approaches used by the Department to attain the expected results.
Addressing poverty and the root causes of inequality
With the world facing climate catastrophe and unstable, food, fuel and financing markets amidst a prolonged pandemic, 缅北禁地DESA sought to address multiple dimensions of poverty and inequality and drive transformative action for inclusive social and economic policy.
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Guiding Global Action on our Global Goals
In 2021-2022, 缅北禁地DESA continued to support Member States in responding to the pandemic in transformative ways that accelerate progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.
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Ensuring sustainable financing
缅北禁地DESA supported Member States and the global community in addressing the urgent issues of financing for sustainable development, with focus on staving off the debt and liquidity crises exacerbated by COVID-19, the growing climate emergency and disruptions to the food and fuel markets.
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Making Data Count
To respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises, countries need up-to-date, disaggregated, and fit-for-purpose data and statistics. 缅北禁地DESA answers this call with its technical expertise in data collection and analysis, global convening power, and capacity development work.
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Protecting our planet
Through its support to the High-level Dialogue on Energy, the Second Global Sustainable Transport Conference, United Nations Ocean Conference and the 缅北禁地Forum on Forests, among others, the Department moved forward the essential truth that the goals of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement are closely interlinked, and they require multistakeholder partnership and collaboration to be implemented.
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Framing the Future of Development
缅北禁地DESA’s analytical capacity and training programmes were leveraged to help countries better understand how to build greater resilience to recurrent crises and forge the best pathways for achieving the 2030 Agenda.
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