New York (Union)
Officials and leaders within the UAE delegation participating in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in New York affirmed the UAE’s firm commitment to enhancing international cooperation aimed at achieving the global sustainable development goals.
Rashid Mubarak Al Mansouri, Secretary-General of the Emirates Red Crescent, stressed that the Authority’s participation in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Goals represented an opportunity to showcase the Emirates Red Crescent’s initiatives in the field of sustainable development, which take into account the social, economic and environmental dimensions, and the proper utilization of available resources to meet the needs of individuals and communities, thus contributing to the elimination of poverty, hunger, disease and climate change, which are challenges that threaten the stability, security, development and progress of societies, pointing out that sustainability is the main factor in reducing the risks of these challenges.
Al Mansouri added: “Accordingly, the Emirates Red Crescent adopts initiatives that achieve a positive impact on people’s lives in the future, through implementing development projects that have a profound and lasting impact in fragile communities, especially in the areas of food sustainability, health, education, and the provision of electricity, water, environmental sanitation, and clean energy services, in addition to infrastructure services represented in building housing units and their facilities for refugees and displaced persons and working to support their stability in their areas so that they can be productive, influential, and effective in their local communities.”
The Secretary-General said: The Red Crescent initiatives in this regard reinforce the efforts of the UAE, which pays great attention to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the most important of which are eliminating poverty and spreading peace and prosperity around the world by 2030. He continued: The UAE looks to the future with great optimism, works to ensure a sustainable future for future generations, and seeks to build global partnerships that achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, believing that international cooperation is the way to achieve these goals.
Historical achievements
For his part, Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, said: “The United Arab Emirates, thanks to the directives of the wise leadership, has achieved unprecedented historical achievements in supporting the goals of sustainable development and enhancing global economic cooperation. The efforts of the UAE have constituted a unique model in supporting the communities of developing countries to confront economic and development challenges.”
Goals
“The UAE’s climate action revolves around achieving the Sustainable Development Goals that enable everyone to have access to adequate and affordable food, along with quality education, healthcare, upgrading and optimal utilization of resources, and much more,” said Dr. Al Anoud Al Haj, Assistant Undersecretary for Green Development and Climate Change Sector at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment.
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