Minister Marsudi conveyed this in Indonesia's national statement at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit (SDGs Summit) at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States on Monday (Sept 18).
On the occasion, Minister Marsudi remarked that the current global order does not provide equal opportunities for developing countries. As the result, it is difficult for them to achieve the SDGs' implementation target in 2030.
"There is no other choice. The world must encourage the creation of a conducive environment for developing countries to grow and make leaps in development," Minister Marsudi noted as conveyed in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received in Jakarta, Tuesday.
Marsudi emphasized the need to put a stop to trade discrimination against certain countries, including developing nations.
"Developing countries must be given the opportunity to (support the growth of the) downstream industry," she affirmed.
In this regard, Indonesia, as the ASEAN chair, encourages ASEAN to become the hub of activity in the region for the electric vehicle ecosystem, play a major role in the global supply chain, encourage green development, and make the Southeast Asia region as the Epicentrum of Growth.
Regarding Indonesia's SDGs' achievement, based on data from the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), 63 percent of the total 216 indicators of the SDGs program action plan for the 2021-2024 period had been achieved.
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However, the figure still does not encourage progress in achieving the SDGs at the regional level, considering that the development gap is still quite high in the region.
"The current global situation, especially with the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, makes it difficult to achieve the SDGs," the minister stated.
Earlier, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres noted in his speech that the global SDGs' achievement had only reached 15 percent. Hence, he pressed for global rescue measures, including through a stimulus worth US$500 billion (around Rp7.68 quadrillion) per year.
Guterres stressed that now is the time to take action if they still want to achieve the SDGs by 2030.
In particular, the UN Secretary General highlighted six areas that needed special attention, that is hunger, energy transition, digitalization, education, decent work and social protection, as well as ending war.
In the Asia-Pacific region alone, SDGs' achievement had only reached 14.4 percent from the supposed 50 percent.
The SDGs Summit is the UN official meeting held every four years at the head of state or government level to review progress and challenges in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The meeting was also held to mobilize global commitment and action to accelerate the achievement of SDGs.
The 2023 SDGs Summit has produced a document in the form of a political declaration containing the commitment of UN member countries to accelerate the achievement of SDGs.
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