At the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, leaders from across sectors will hold discussions on the theme “India’s journey towards the Sustainable Development Goals” in the event hosted by Reliance Foundation - the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Observer Research Foundation (ORF), and United Nations India.
While the first discussion on September 22 will be a discussion on ‘Delivering Development: Journeys, Directions and Lighthouses’, the second on September 23 will focus on ‘The G20 Imperative: Green Growth & Development for All’.
The subject of the first discussion will center around India's agenda, which seeks to tackle its key priorities and challenges - improved health and educational outcomes, food and energy security, economic empowerment and growth, and climate resilience. This discussion will also focus on India's initiatives to meet the UN sustainable development goals.
The second dialogue will discuss the role of India and the Global South in advancing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals agenda. The focus here will not only be on the significant role these regions play towards global development, but will also include deliberations on the post-2030 agenda and lessons to move forward from thereon.
The two dialogues are expected to feature Ruchira Kamboj, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations; Hemang Jani, Senior Advisor to Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka, The World Bank Group; Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations Christopher Elias, President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and many more.
A special publication ‘Ideas, Innovation, Implementation’ that delves into the work of development organisations in India across each of the 17 SDGs, will be released at the event.
Jagannatha Kumar, CEO, Reliance Foundation, said, “We need to think now, beyond 2030. Even as we take stock of our performance on the SDGs, the dialogues that we are jointly hosting during the UNGA week aim to open conversations to find innovative new ways to answer this question. It is time not just to take stock of how far we have reached, but also thinking beyond 2030, defining what our brave new world will look like....."
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