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Published Jun 29, 2024

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Highlights:
· Trip Announcement/Secretary-General
· Sustainable Development Goals
· Afghanistan
· Security Council
· Occupied Palestinian Territory
· Democratic Republic of the Congo
· Burkina Faso
· International Days
· Briefings on Monday
· Financial Contributions

TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT/SECRETARY-GENERAL
Tomorrow, the Secretary-General will begin a visit to Central Asia, where his first stop will be Tashkent, in Uzbekistan. From there, he will travel to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
During the visit, the Secretary-General will hold meetings with each country's Heads of States and other senior government officials. He will also visit projects related to climate change and speak with local communities and youth activists.
In Kazakhstan, the Secretary-General has been invited to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, which will take place in Astana, on 4 July.
He will deliver remarks at the SCO Plus session.
The Secretary-General is expected to highlight the need to reaffirm our common commitment to multilateralism based on the UN Charter, international law, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, noting that the central goal of our multilateral system must be peace. He is also expected to underscore that today’s deep global divisions are preventing countries from coming together to resolve the two serious threats emerging from climate change and digital technologies.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The Secretary-General and Under-Secretary General Li Junhua just launched the 2024 Sustainable Development Goals Report.
The Secretary-General said that this is the annual SDG report card – and it shows the world is getting a failing grade.
“Our failure to secure peace, to confront climate change, and to boost international finance is undermining development,” he said.
The Secretary-General noted that only 17 per cent of the SDG targets are on track and that progress on over one-third has stalled or even regressed. He urged nations to double down on SDG acceleration.

Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=28%20June%202024