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Madame President,<\/p>\n
Ambassador Hilale,<\/p>\n
USG Li,<\/p>\n
Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n
It is an honor to address this year\u2019s High-Level Meeting on Middle Income Countries.<\/p>\n
As 110 nations representing three quarters of the world\u2019s population and nearly one third of its GDP \u2013 you are central drivers of global development.<\/p>\n
You have vast knowledge to share \u2013 and a range of development stories to tell.<\/p>\n
Your geographies, ecosystems, cultures, and economies are incredibly diverse \u2013 with varying vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n
Some of you encounter frequent drought and desertification, while others face tropical storms and sea-level rise.<\/p>\n
But all of you face the common challenge of establishing your capacity to cope with these extreme conditions in ways that ensure resilience.<\/p>\n
Fulfilling our 2030 Agenda hinges on how well you meet these challenges \u2013 and how well the international community helps you do that.<\/p>\n
With the landmark SDG Summit just four months away, there is no time to lose.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s meeting offers a good opportunity to identify coherent, consistent policy measures that will set you on a strong course for a resilient future.<\/p>\n
Let us recognize a few facts.<\/p>\n
First, it is time for us all to get serious about debt relief in middle-income countries, which host the majority of the extreme poor in the world.<\/p>\n
Of the minimum estimated six hundred billion in \u201cdebt service at risk\u201d, middle-income countries account for 94 per cent.<\/p>\n
In the torrent of today\u2019s global crises, some have been forced to prioritize short-term economic goals over longer-term aims.<\/p>\n
In many countries, including small island developing States, high public debt service is crowding out investment in green, resilient and equitable transformation.<\/p>\n
How do we turn this around?<\/p>\n
Various debt relief instruments can be considered.<\/p>\n
The debt-for-climate or debt-for-nature swaps offer a win-win for debtors, creditors and donors to meet national development objectives in line with the SDGs.<\/p>\n
The IMF Resilience and Sustainability Trust and Food Shock Window, along with the Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27, open avenues to expand contingency financing to countries in need.<\/p>\n
Second:\u00a0 It is time for the international community to go beyond GDP as the primary measure of development \u2013 since GDP has never been designed for that.<\/p>\n
We need a measurement that captures the cost of human, social, natural and built\u00a0capital at the same time \u2013 namely the total assets of a nation since its balanced growing is the essence of sustainable development.<\/p>\n
Doing so, it is uniquely positioned to measure progress towards the SDGs.<\/p>\n
Without having a comprehensive measurement system, how can we claim we are making the desired progress?<\/p>\n
How can we state that our pledge for the comprehensive implementation of Agenda 2030 is credible?<\/p>\n
The System of Environmental Economic Accounting organizes statistics on the environment and its relationship with the economy.<\/p>\n
Currently, 90 countries compile the SEEA \u2013 the System of Environmental Economic Accounting \u2013 and I strongly encourage more Governments to use it.<\/p>\n
It is an important step to the direction of being in control of measuring and mastering well-being for the planet and people.<\/p>\n
Third: Middle-income countries need equitable access to new technologies, science and innovation that spur resilience in the long run.<\/p>\n
This is a shared charge \u2013 and international partnership is key.<\/p>\n
The revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development is an important vehicle for strengthening this worldwide cooperation.<\/p>\n
Our 2030 Agenda is a universal call to collectively transform our world.<\/p>\n
In our quest, we have reached an inflection point.<\/p>\n
Never before in history has so much depended on the decisions we make now.<\/p>\n
Let us meet the moment.<\/p>\n
I thank you.<\/p>\n
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