President John Dramani Mahama and the Prime Minister of Norway, Ms. Erna Solberg, have been appointed Co-Chairs of a group of sixteen (16) eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates to support the Secretary-General in his efforts to generate momentum and commitment to achieve the SDGs by 2030.<\/p>\n
The SDGs adopted by world leaders at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015 represents a commitment by all nations to work together to end poverty, achieve shared prosperity, build peace, and secure a life of dignity and a healthy planet for present and future generations.<\/p>\n
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who announced the appointment in New York today said the \u201c16 Advocates will leverage their unique standing and leadership to promote the SDGs as part of an ambitious and transformative global agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n
Working as champions of advocacy, the SDG Advocates will promote the universal character of the SDGs, including their commitment to leave no one behind; promote the engagement of new stakeholders in the implementation and financing of the SDGs; encourage partnerships with governments, civil society and private sector to share knowledge and resources; and raise awareness for the integrated nature of the SDGs.<\/p>\n
Co-Chairs<\/strong><\/p>\n His Excellency\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n John Dramani Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n President of the Republic of Ghana<\/p>\n Her Excellency<\/strong><\/p>\n Ms. Erna Solberg<\/strong> Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n Her Majesty<\/strong><\/p>\n Queen Mathilde of Belgium<\/p>\n Her Royal Highness<\/strong><\/p>\n Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden<\/p>\n Mr. Richard Curtis<\/strong><\/p>\n Screenwriter, Producer and Film Director<\/p>\n Ambassador Dho Young-Shim<\/strong><\/p>\n Chairperson, United Nations World Tourism Organization\u2019s Ms. Leymah Gbowee<\/strong><\/p>\n Director –\u00a0Gbowee Peace Foundation<\/p>\n Mr. Jack Ma<\/strong><\/p>\n Founder and Executive Chairman<\/p>\n Alibaba Group<\/p>\n Mrs. Gra\u00e7a Machel<\/strong><\/p>\n President<\/p>\n Foundation of Community Development and the Ms. Alaa Murabit<\/strong><\/p>\n Founder –\u00a0The Voice of Libyan Women<\/p>\n Mr. Paul Polman<\/strong><\/p>\n Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n Unilever<\/p>\n Professor Jeffrey Sachs<\/strong><\/p>\n Director<\/p>\n Earth Institute at Colombia University<\/p>\n Ms. Shakira Mebarak<\/strong><\/p>\n Artist\/Singer Songwriter\/Advocate<\/p>\n Mr. Forest Whitaker<\/strong><\/p>\n Founder and Chief Executive Officer Professor Muhammad Yunus<\/strong><\/p>\n Founder<\/p>\n Grameen Bank President John Dramani Mahama and the Prime Minister of Norway, Ms. Erna Solberg, have been appointed Co-Chairs of a group of sixteen (16) eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates to support the Secretary-General in his efforts to generate momentum and commitment to achieve the SDGs by 2030. The SDGs adopted by world leaders at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPrime Minister of Norway<\/p>\n
\nSustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty Foundation<\/p>\n
\nUNESCO National Commission in Mozambique<\/p>\n
\nWhitaker Peace & Development Initiative<\/p>\n
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