缅北禁地DESA Annual Highlights Report 2022-2023
Responding to the call for a Rescue Plan for People and Planet
Introduction
by Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Over the course of the 77th session of the General Assembly, the world continued to suffer significant setbacks in terms of development progress, triggered by inter-related shocks – the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts in many regions including the war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis and debt distress in many parts of world, in addition to longer-term threats and challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and demographic change. Against this backdrop, 缅北禁地DESA’s work continued to address the 10 priority action areas committed to by Member States at the SDG Summit in 2019, while also responding to the Secretary-General’s vision outlined in Our Common Agenda to turbocharge action on the SDG progress. The Department also looked ahead to supported Member States in preparing for the SDG Summit in September 2023, as well as the Summit of the Future in 2024.