{"id":53016,"date":"2023-03-15T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=53016"},"modified":"2023-03-15T20:02:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:02:29","slug":"un-world-data-forum-2018-wraps-up-with-launch-of-dubai-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2023\/03\/un-world-data-forum-2018-wraps-up-with-launch-of-dubai-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Forum concludes with urgent call for nations to scale up development cooperation to better support the most vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 March 2023 – The 2023 Development Cooperation Forum concluded today at the United Nations headquarters in New York with an urgent call from Member States, international organizations and civil society to scale up development cooperation for the world\u2019s most vulnerable people.\u00a0 Over 1.2 billion people are living in countries vulnerable or severely exposed to food, energy and financial shocks, according to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ estimates.\u00a0 Innovative and bold recommendations and solutions were proposed for supporting countries and groups facing ongoing challenges posed by an uneven COVID-19 pandemic recovery, the cost-of-living crisis, and the complex consequences of climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when we need development progress more than ever, the Sustainable Development Goals are issuing an S.O.S.,\u201d said Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.\u00a0 \u201cOur collective response must involve a major transformation in development cooperation. This transformation should better protect the most vulnerable, especially during crises. It should invest in people.\u00a0 And it should ensure that development cooperation addresses not just urgent needs today but also the needs of tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the theme \u201cPrioritizing the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable through risk-informed development cooperation\u201d, this eighth meeting of the Forum resumed in-person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing focus to emerging issues and refining ideas for high-quality, high-impact development in the areas of climate resilience, social protection and digital transformation.<\/p>\n

Key messages put forward included:<\/p>\n

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  • Development cooperation must evolve rapidly to tackle current global crises by putting a laser focus on challenges of the most vulnerable countries and people. Member States called for going beyond GDP and include more holistic criteria in assessing the needs for development cooperation in all its forms, including concessional finance. They also considered the new concept of \u201ccircular development cooperation\u201d, a concept that recognizes that expertise and assistance on addressing vulnerabilities and structural gaps can flow from developing to developed countries in addition to more traditional forms of development cooperation.<\/li>\n
  • Climate resilience must be more effectively embedded into development cooperation. New financing commitments such as those related to loss and damage, must be operationalized quickly and be directed swiftly where they are needed most. \u201cDeveloping Countries ownership and leadership of their development and climate trajectory is the key,\u201d said Rania A. Al-Mashat, Egypt\u2019s Minister of International Cooperation.<\/li>\n
  • With over 4 billion people living without a social safety net, strong social protections systems must become a global priority of development cooperation. \u201cSocial protection is a matter of urgency. We a have a duty to protect the most vulnerable,\u201d highlighted Mrs. Fatou Gueye Diane, Senegal\u2019s Minister of Women, Family and Child Protection. Unlocking financing for social protection systems require bold fiscal and monetary policies. Multilateral fora and development cooperation can play an important role in facilitating the allocation of financial resources, supporting technical assistance and capacity building, exchanging knowledge and best practices, and setting up data and information collection systems.<\/li>\n
  • Development cooperation needs to scale up technology transfer, financing and capacity building to support inclusive livelihoods in developing countries through meaningful participation in the digital economy and e-commerce. The lack of Internet access persists for nearly 3 billion people, predominantly from developing countries, magnifying the digital divide. \u201cChina is willing to strengthen digital economy cooperation with other Member States, and let the fruits of digital economy development benefit people of all countries,\u201d highlighted Mr. Chen Chunjiang, Assistant Minister of Commerce from the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u201cMaking progress on these priorities will require… predictable development cooperation in all its forms \u2013 financing, capacity support, collective support to policy change and partnership,\u201d said Lachezara Stoeva, President of the Economic and Social Council, in convening the meeting.<\/p>\n

    The 2023 Development Cooperation Forum kicks off this year\u2019s SDG financing discussions, serving as an opportunity for Member States and other stakeholders to heighten their ambitions at the midpoint of implementing the SDGs.\u00a0 These ambitions will culminate at the SDG Summit and High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development in September at the opening of the 78th<\/sup> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly. Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs emphasized the DCF as \u201can important step in the process of generating momentum, stronger consensus on priority areas and actionable proposals for a potential breakthrough moment in September.\u201d<\/p>\n

    For more information, visit: <\/strong>bit.ly\/DCF2023<\/p>\n

    Media contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Helen Rosengren<\/p>\n

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs<\/p>\n

    rosengrenh@un.org<\/p>\n<\/div>

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