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Secretary-General warns of $4 trillion annual shortfall to meet SDGs, urges debt and finance reforms
United Nations General Assembly · January 16, 2026
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Summary
The Secretary-General told the General Assembly that delivering the Sustainable Development Goals will require about $4 trillion more per year, called for scaling up finance and reform of international financial architecture, and urged member states to pay assessed contributions on time.
The Secretary-General warned the General Assembly that 10 years after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals the world is falling short on implementation and finance, and he provided a headline figure for the shortfall.
"The world is falling short by over 4,000,000,000,000 US…
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