SDGs In Action 2018: Global Councils On Sustainable Development Goals Announced

Her Excellency Reem bintEbrahim Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation, joined His Excellency Angel Gurría, Secretary-General ofthe Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), andProfessor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, for a high-level panel discussion on the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in a special session titled ‘On the Way to 2030’.

Held in the run-up to the sixth World Government Summit in Dubai, the panel covered a varietyof topicsrelated to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), from the progress already being madethrough to challenges thathinder the implementation of the 17 agreed SDGs by 2030. The UAE was held up as a shining example due to its comprehensive roadmap all the way to its centenary in 2071 and its commitment to SDGs.