China News Agency, United Nations, September 14th. The Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs jointly held on the 14th "Joining Hands to Share a Bright Future - Progress Report on the Belt and Road Initiative in Support of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" press conference.
Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, pointed out at the meeting that the "Belt and Road" is a road of unity, a road of win-win, and a road of hope.
Zhang Jun said in his keynote speech that the timetable for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda is about to pass halfway through, but countries, especially developing countries, are facing multiple crises and challenges, and the progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals has obviously fallen short of expectations.
Achieving the SDGs requires not only firm commitments, but also concrete actions.
In 2013, President Xi Jinping proposed the "Belt and Road" initiative, which is a Chinese wisdom and a Chinese solution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. It is highly consistent with the 2030 Agenda in terms of concepts, goals and measures, and provides strong support and injection for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Powerful power.
Zhang Jun pointed out that the "Belt and Road" is a road of solidarity for building global partnerships, a road of win-win cooperation for strengthening connectivity and cooperation, and a road of hope for promoting global sustainable development. It has become the most extensive and largest in the world today. international cooperation platform.
Deepening the construction of the "Belt and Road" is conducive to cooperating countries to meet challenges, jointly fight against the new crown epidemic, promote global economic recovery, maintain the stability of global supply chains, and deal with food and energy crises.
The Belt and Road Initiative meets the needs of the times, the expectations of people of all countries, and the common interests of all countries.
Zhang Jun emphasized that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" is not a "solo" for China, but a "symphony" for all partners to participate.
We look forward to working with all partners to uphold the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, deepen all-round cooperation, unswervingly promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative, and make greater contributions to accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and realizing the common development of all countries.
On the same day, Li Junhua, UN Deputy Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Duarte, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on African Issues, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Laos, Greece, Serbia, Hungary, Argentina, Chile, etc. "Ambassadors of partner countries, as well as representatives of UN DESA, UNDP and other agencies also attended the event.
When introducing the report, Li Junhua said that the world today is facing many severe challenges and uncertainties, and the partnership and multilateral cooperation initiated by the "Belt and Road" initiative has strongly promoted countries to achieve transformative economic and social development.
The report, advocated by Secretary-General Guterres, illustrates the important role of the Belt and Road Initiative in promoting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda with detailed data and facts, and summarizes the successful projects and projects of countries and UN agencies involved in the Belt and Road cooperation. The useful experience will provide important reference for developing countries to closely integrate their own planning with the sustainable development goals and achieve green and sustainable development.
We look forward to the joint efforts of all parties to practice multilateralism and bring the 2030 Agenda back on track.
Ambassadors of participating countries and representatives of UN agencies unanimously congratulated the release of the report, highly appreciated the "Belt and Road" initiative to effectively promote poverty eradication, economic development and interconnection in various countries, firmly believe that the "Belt and Road" will play a greater role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and believe that in-depth progress The "Belt and Road" cooperation is at the right time, and I look forward to deepening pragmatic cooperation with China to achieve common development and share a bright future.
The Progress Report of the Belt and Road Initiative in Supporting the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is supported by the China-United Nations Peace and Development Fund Development Sub-fund. The supporting role of the 2030 Agenda, introducing in detail the beneficial experience of bilateral, trilateral and multilateral cooperation under the "Belt and Road" framework, which has positive inspiration for all parties to deepen the "Belt and Road" mutually beneficial cooperation, enhance development capacity building, and accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda significance.
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