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UN chief urges SDG stimulus, debt reform and bigger multilateral capacity to close $4 trillion gap
Summary
António Guterres told the General Assembly that fewer than one‑fifth of SDG targets are on course and called for an 'SDG stimulus', higher official development assistance, private investment, and reforms to multilateral finance to close an annual financing shortfall he put at $4 trillion.
António Guterres told the General Assembly that progress on the Sustainable Development Goals is lagging and that finance must be mobilized urgently.
Guterres said “5 years to 2030, less than 1 fifth of the targets are on course, aggravated by a $4,000,000,000,000 annual financing gap.” He called for an SDG stimulus, fuller implementation of the Pact for the Future, donors meeting official development assistance…
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