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UN speaker warns SDG progress is off track as funding falls, urges funding compact and reforms
Summary
A speaker at a forum marking the United Nations' 80th anniversary said the Sustainable Development Goals are off track, cited a $9 billion drop in development contributions in 2023, and urged member states to implement a funding compact and back systemwide reforms including the UN 80 initiative and the resident coordinator system.
A speaker at a forum marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations said member states must act now to reverse falling development funding and speed reforms to deliver on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
The speaker said the UN is facing “a development emergency,” with less than five years to the 2030 deadline and “total financial contributions to the UN development system dropped by $9,000,000,000 or 16% in 2023 from the year before.” The speaker also said core contributions to development agencies have fallen to about 16.5% of total funding — declining to 12% for some agencies — short of the 30% target in the funding compact.
The speaker framed the situation as both a human and a funding emergency and urged sustained member-state support for reforms intended to make the UN development system more efficient and effective. “The lives and futures of millions of people hang in the…
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