NEW YORK - Minister of Planning and International
Cooperation, Nasser Shraideh, presented Jordan’s 2nd Voluntary National Review
(VNR) on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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The move came as Shraideh, who chaired the Jordanian
delegation, took part at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development (HLPF) meeting at the
UN headquarters in New York, according to a
Planning Ministry statement on Friday.
The minister spoke about challenges facing Jordan since the
first review in 2017 including destabilization in the Middle region, hosting
1.3 million Syrian refugees, the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as well as
the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, which have adversely affected levels of
development and growth in Jordan that led to high unemployment rates, low
foreign direct investment, supply chain disruptions, as well as increasing
costs for energy, food, and other basic commodities.
Despite all regional challenges Jordan has accomplished 6
out of the 17 goals of the Sustainable Development including eradicating
hunger, providing quality education, providing clean water, industry and
innovation, consumption and production and life under water, Shraideh said.
The minister submitted a number of suggestions stemmed from
the Covid-19 pandemic experiment including affective healthcare systems,
investing in human capital and increasing access to social protection and
safety nets.
The minister conveyed the outcomes of the 2022 Arab Forum
for Sustainable Development, which was held mid-March and organized by the UN
Economic and Social Commission for West Asia in cooperation with the Arab
League under the theme "Recovery and resilience", to the UN Economic
and Social Council.
The HLPF is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development
and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the
global level.
The Forum meets annually under the auspices of the Economic
and Social Council for eight days, including a three-day ministerial segment
and every four years at the level of Heads of State and Government under the
auspices of the General Assembly for two days.
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