UN Summit Galvanises Action for Development Agendas on the Continent: Africa
"Africa today is a region that has adopted and pursued a transformational agenda towards sustainable development, and is chartering a path towards prosperity, unity, peace, and integration," said the senior UN official.
The Assembly President urged everyone to recommit to sustainable development on the continent, assess where action is lacking, foster progress, and fulfil existing commitments while generating new ones"that reflect our ever-changing world". She outlined measures to tackle these challenges, maintaining that Africa's goals are still within reach.Silver liningHe advocated for"collective action and international solidarity to address the looming threat of food insecurity and famine... [and] the impacts of the Ukraine war on energy and the economy".
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