3/1/2024 0 Comments Vue esprit 2016Our UN peacekeeping operations are assisting Member States as they manage and resolve conflicts. Our United Nations Country Teams are spearheading efforts to support national priorities for sustainable and inclusive development. I have also proposed a set of concrete actions we can take now – including an SDG Stimulus of $500 billion a year to reduce debt burdens and release resources for long-term, affordable financing from multilateral and private sources.īecause investing in development today means investing in a more peaceful tomorrow.Įach and every day, the women and men of the United Nations are bringing to life this link between peace, development and justice in our work around the world. I have been advocating for bold steps to make our global institutions – including the international financial architecture – more representative of today’s realities, and more responsive to the needs of developing economies. We must do more to support countries in dire straits. This is a recipe for social strife, political instability, and, ultimately, open conflict. This is why advancing peace and advancing sustainable, inclusive development go hand-in-hand.īuilding peace means ensuring food security, access to education and skill development, healthcare, social protection, and dignity for all.īuilding peace means strengthening resilience to climate shocks and investing in adaptation.īuilding peace means closing the digital divide and harnessing the benefits of digital inclusion, while protecting against the perils of new technologies.īuilding peace means balancing the scales of power and participation equally for women and creating opportunities for young people.Īnd building peace means scaling up affordable, long-term financing for developing countries everywhere so they can invest in public goods and services for their people.Īt a time when 85 per cent of SDG targets are off track, we must act on this understanding with far greater urgency and ambition.ĭeveloping countries – particularly Least Developed Countries – are being battered by a perfect storm of crises.Ĭrushing debt burdens, evaporating fiscal space, and soaring prices.Įscalating climate catastrophe, widening inequalities, and worsening unemployment and poverty.Īnd the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and unequal recovery. Human development lights the way to hope – promoting prevention, security, and peace. Organized crime, violent extremist and terrorist groups find fertile ground in such environments – fraying the social fabric and further aggravating insecurities and corroding effective governance.īut just as the lack of development feeds grievances that can increase the risk of conflict, the reverse is also true. With ever-worsening climate emergencies, record heat, and growing competition over dwindling resources, people are forced to move and vulnerabilities and insecurities skyrocket. Weak institutions and corruption increase the risk of conflict.Ĭlimate chaos and environmental degradation are further crisis multipliers. Inequalities and lack of opportunities, decent jobs, and freedom can breed frustration and raise the spectre of violence and instability. Nine of the ten countries with the lowest Human Development Indicators have experienced conflicts or violence in the past ten years. We see this pattern play out across the world: the closer a country is to conflict, the farther it is from sustainable and inclusive development. Indeed, development gains are often among the first casualties of war. Just as progress towards one goal lifts all others, failure in one area risks reversing gains across the board.Īnd no failure is more calamitous than the failure to prevent conflict. No peace is secure without inclusive and sustainable development that leaves no one behind.Īnd, of course, this recognition also defines the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The 2005 World Summit declared that “development, peace and security and human rights are interlinked and mutually reinforcing”.ĭevelopment by itself is not enough to secure peace. Our organization is built on three pillars: peace, development, and human rights. This link has defined the United Nations from the very start. I thank the Government of China for convening this debate on the vital link between development and sustaining peace.
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