Ireland at the United Nations General Assembly 

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This year’s UNGA is particularly important as it marks the half-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2015, Ireland and Kenya were tasked by the UN Secretary General to bring the world together to agree a plan to tackle global challenges by 2030.
The SDGs are 17 goals with 169 targets that all 191 UN member states have agreed to strive to achieve by 2030. Among the Goals are the elimination of poverty, ending hunger, securing gender equality, and ensuring education is available to all.
The centre-piece of UNGA this year is the SDG Summit which will review progress to date and agree a way forward for the second half of the project. Ireland, alongside Qatar, has been given the role of securing a political declaration to chart a path towards achieving the SDGs by 2030.
With only seven years remaining, and with many of the Goals off track, this coming together at UNGA is a vital moment for renewing political energy and commitment into the SDGs.
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