At the mid-point of the 2030 Agenda, only 12 per cent of the SDGs targets are on track, the number of people living in extreme poverty today is higher than it was four years ago, hunger has also increased and is back at 2005 levels, inequalities are growing as also are the levels of indebtedness of developing countries.
Cuba positively acknowledges UNICEF’s efforts to support maternal and neonatal health, child nutrition, child vaccination and education, just to mention a few; and highlights that, thanks to UNICEF's work, 37.9 million children and adolescents will have access to education by 2022.
The UN Special Committee on Decolonization declared Western Sahara a Non-Self-Governing Territory 59 years ago. Numerous resolutions have ratified the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people. It is imperative that the international community commits itself to the implementation of UN resolutions and decisions on Western Sahara.
The recent agreement on the BBNJ Treaty, 19 years after discussions began, has ushered in a new governance era for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans. Among other significant achievements, the Group of 77 and China have succeeded in including in the Treaty a truly balanced model for the sharing of the benefits arising from the use of marine genetic resources and digital sequence information, which is an important part of biological scientific research today.
Statement by Ambassador Yuri A. Gala López, Chargé d´Affaires a.i. of the Cuban Permanent Mission, on behalf of G77 and China, during the informal consultations on the co-facilitators’ proposal for the scope and elements of the Summit of the Future. New York, June 13, 2023.
Distinguished co-facilitators, His Excellency Mr. Neville Gertze, Permanent Representative of Namibia, and Her Excellency Ms. Antje Leendertse, Permanent Representative of Germany,
Equity is a fundamental basis for understanding the context and identifying future actions for enhancing ambition, addressing implementation barriers and opportunities, and strengthening international cooperation under the Convention and the Paris Agreement. Considering equity and the best available science together will strengthen the science-policy interface.
I have the honor to introduce on behalf of the Group of 77 and China the draft resolution contained in document (A/77/L.72), titled International Day of Combating sand and dust storms, where it’s stressing the need for cooperation at the global and regional levels with a view to managing and mitigating the effects of sand and dust storms.
Segment dedicated to UNFPA. June 8, 2022
Mr. President:
Dear Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director,
Dear members of the Executive Board and other delegations,
We thank the Executive Director of UNFPA for her statement and the results achieved this year of implementation of the Strategic Plan, 2022-2025.
Opening Statement of the Group of 77 and China at the Joint Contact Group GST. Bonn, Germany, June 7, 2023.
As we look forward to the conclusion of the first GST this year, with the key focus being on the conclusion of the Technical Dialogue and the conduct of the consideration of outputs component, the Group of 77 and China would like to highlight the following:
Developing countries continue to face unprecedented challenges that hinders their ability to recover from the negative socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the multiple crises. The UNJ Development System has a crucial role to play in supporting countries national efforts to achieve the SDGs and meeting development challenges. The Group appreciates the efforts by the UNDP in assisting the developing countries in this regard.
