“Today, the very foundations of the international legal order—strategic stability and the UN-centric system of international politics—are put to the test.”
Illegal sanctions, numerous protectionist measures, restrictions on access to technology directly contradict genuine multilateralism and create serious obstacles to achieving the goals of the United Nations development agenda.
Talk and more Talk
17 UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its
forms everywhere.
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within
and among countries.
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food
security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
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Goal 11: Make cities and human
settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and
promote well-being for all at all ages.
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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns.
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and
equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for
all.
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to
combat climate change and its impacts.
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality
and empower all women and girls.
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas
and marine resources for sustainable development.
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Goal 6: Ensure availability and
sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
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Goal 15: Protect, restore and
promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests,
combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt
biodiversity loss.
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Goal 7: Ensure access to
affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
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Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build
effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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Goal 8: Promote sustained,
inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and
decent work for all.
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Goal 17: Strengthen the means of
implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable
Development.
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Goal 9: Build resilient
infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and
foster innovation.
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CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States; CSTO - Collective Security Treaty Organization; EAEU or EEU - Eurasian Economic Union; ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations; GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council; The Arab League - formerly League of Arab States; AU - The African Union; CELAC - Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños or Community of Latin American and Caribbean States)
Foreign Minister Lavrov concludes
With its UN Charter as “our foothold” and “everyone, without exception, honor[ing] the letter and spirit of the Charter…, the body Nations “… will be able to overcome current disagreements and to reach consensus on most issues….”
“Let us work together in the interests of launching the history of genuine multilateralism that reflects the entire wealth of cultural and civilizational diversity of the world’s nations.”
Source
“Statement by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the UN Security Council meeting on multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order” New York City, USA, July 16, 2024 (Foreign policy News The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation 1342-16-07-2024) https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1962040/
