Report of the Secretary-General on 缅北禁地system support for Agenda 2063
2024
United Nations system support for Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want
This report provides an overview of the main activities undertaken by the United Nations in support of the Agenda 2063 of the African Union. In the context of the negotiations for the global digital compact, to be adopted in September 2024, the report is focused on the contributions of the digital transition to sustainable development in Africa. The report provides an overview of the potential of digital technologies for economic growth through innovation and job creation and an assessment of how digitalization can help to enhance governance, economic inclusion, social cohesion, peace and stability and increase resilience and climate adaptation. It contains a review of the work of the United Nations and a summary of major advocacy efforts. The report contains highlights of progress made in promoting stronger coordination among United Nations entities and with the African Union.
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United Nations system support for Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want
Highlighting progress made in promoting stronger coordination among United Nations entities and with the African Union, the report outlines the main activities undertaken by the United Nations in support of the “Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want,” of the African Union, focusing on the role of food systems in sustainable development in Africa. Providing an overview of the projects and activities implemented by the United Nations system to support African countries in unleashing food systems’ potential for economic growth through agro-industrialization, innovation and job creation, the report also shares the work to strengthen human capital through enhanced nutrition and the leveraging of agricultural projects for the inclusion of women, youth and vulnerable populations. It highlights initiatives to promote social cohesion, peace and stability, and to increase resilience while presenting innovative financing opportunities to enable the transformation of food systems.
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2022
United Nations system support for Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want
This report provides an overview of the main activities undertaken by the United Nations in support of Agenda 2063 of the African Union, focusing on the role of energy as a driver of sustainable development in Africa. It provides an overview of the projects, programmes and other activities implemented to support African countries in planning and defining their energy mix, developing new alternative energy sources, promoting economic growth and strengthening their human capital through energy investments, and mobilizing financing through catalytic projects. The report also outlines initiatives on the transition towards sustainable energy and highlights coordination efforts to leverage energy transitions to leap towards sustainable development in Africa while highlighting that substantively increasing access to sustainable energy in Africa is a precondition for achieving Agenda 2063, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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