World's Poverty Rate Raises With New Corona Difficult To Achieve SDGs UN 7/7 8:48
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Secretary-General Guterres, has made it even more difficult for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aim to eradicate poverty and spread education by 2030 due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. I showed the recognition.
The SDGs were adopted in 2015 by all UN Member States in favor of achieving 17 major goals by 2030, including the eradication of poverty and hunger, and the spread of education and healthcare. I am.
On the 6th, the United Nations published a report summarizing the achievements to date.
Regarding eradication of poverty, the proportion of the extremely poor living below $1.09 a day fell from 10% in 2015 to 8.2% last year, but due to the spread of infection, this is 8.4%. To 8.8%.
As a result, 40 to 60 million people are expected to become extremely poor, which means that the poverty rate has risen for the first time in 20 years.
With regard to the diffusion of education, the completion rate of primary education in the world, which was 70% in 2000, rose to 84% in the future, but due to the spread of infection, 1.5 billion children are currently out of school. Have expressed concern.
UN Secretary-General Guterres acknowledges that achieving the goals is becoming more difficult, and calls on each country to work with the United Nations.