Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has emphasized the importance that Egypt attaches to promoting efforts aimed at achieving development, especially the sustainable development goals that the international community has agreed upon and accepted as a comprehensive framework for the realization of prosperity and well-being for peoples the world over.
The president’s remarks came during his videoconference speech to the 76th United Nations General Assembly’s ‘SDG Moment 2021’ session which was held in New York on Monday.
In his speech, the President said that Egypt’s success in achieving the sustainable development goals is now becoming more and more important than ever, especially under the delicate international circumstance that requires countries to face very difficult global challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic
“This comes in addition to the challenges related to achieving sustainable development, raising growth rates, eradicating poverty and creating job opportunities as well as the complex political situations in many regions of the world, climate change and its negative effects on water availability, food security and the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic on economic, health and social conditions,” the President said.
The events that the world has experienced over the past two years President Sisi said, have demonstrated the imperative to deal with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its goals according to a comprehensive perspective that takes into account the intersection between the various economic and social fields addressed by these goals and seeks to make the most of the opportunities for cooperation offered by the sustainable development agenda.
The President also said that Egypt has been keen from an early time to localize the sustainable development goals and integrate them into its development policies and programs at all levels, an effort that resulted in the adoption of the “Egypt Vision 2030” as a comprehensive framework for the state’s efforts in this field.
The President added that this vision has been crystallized in the “Dignified Life” initiative, which is considered one of the most ambitious and comprehensive development programs as it seeks to achieve comprehensive development, including in the Egyptian countryside where the majority of the country’s population lives.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
