Off the wire
• Dublin Port records 4.2 pct growth in Q1  • Roundup: United Airlines fiasco brings into light lamenting customer service of America's airlines  • UEFA Champions League result  • UEFA Champions League leading scorers  • U.S. panel calls for new advisory board to strengthen research integrity  • (Recast) 11 million people in urgent food need in drought-hit Northeast Africa: UN agencies  • Monaco shows full support to Dortmund after explosions  • Intense battles rage in Syria's Daraa amid info of large support for rebels  • Ireland sees continued improvements in budget deficit, national debt  • Sudan offers condolences to victims of Egypt's church bombings  
You are here: 　 Home

Ghanaian president named advocate for UN Sustainable Development Goals

Xinhua, April 12, 2017 Adjust font size:

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana will serve as co-chair of the UN secretary-general's Sustainable Development Goals Advocates, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Tuesday.

"He will be co-chair of the group along with Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway until the end of 2018," Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

Launched on Jan. 21, 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates consist of 17 eminent persons assisting the UN secretary-general in the campaign to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that world leaders unanimously adopted in September 2015.

Since assuming office on Jan. 1, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has made it one of his top priorities to promote the realization of the SDGs, a blueprint for the global development efforts for the years running up to 2030. Endit