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"The Age of Interdependence" How Will We Share Our Common Digital Future?

After nine months of interviews and research, the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Co-Chaired by SDG Advocate Jack Ma and Melinda Gates, released a report on 9 June titled “The Age of Interdependence.” It provides guidance on how to build partnerships to address the emerging challenges of this digital era. The report breaks into five sections: 1. Inclusive Digital Economy and Society; 2. Human and Institutional Capacity; 3. Human Rights and Human Agency; 4. Trust, Security and Stability; and 5. Global Digital Cooperation.

Goal 9, Goal 10, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesJune 11, 2019

Jeff Sachs Brings the SDGs to the Vatican

Jeffrey Sachs spoke and helped organize a meeting between Pope Francis, finance ministers for many nations, and the President of the UN General Assembly on the SDGs and the emerging crises of climate change. Hosted in the Vatican by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the discussion outlined steps the finance ministers should be taking as stewards of the world’s finances to align with climate science and the ethics of human dignity. As a thought leader in sustainable economics, Jeffrey Sachs echoed His Holiness’ call for decisive action on the goals outlined by the SDGs.

Goal 12, Goal 13, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesMay 30, 2019The Vatican

Universal Coverage for Mental Health: Queen Mathilde at the World Health Assembly

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians inaugurated the new World Health Organization's Special Initiative for Mental Health at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva on 20 May. The goal of the initiative, nicknamed “Time to Scale Up” is ensuring universal health coverage for mental health conditions in 12 priority countries to 100 million more people.

Goal 3, Goal 10, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesMay 28, 2019

EAA and WPDI Join Forces to Empower South Sudanese and Ugandan Youths as Advocates for Peace, Sustainable Development, and Human Rights in Their Communities

Based on EAA and WPDI’s shared commitment to education as key to the achievement of peace, human rights and sustainable development, the workshop aimed at complementing the one-year training of the South Sudanese and Ugandan young women and men to become effective advocates, leaders, mediators and entrepreneurs in their communities.

Goal 4, Goal 11, Goal 16, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesMay 17, 2019

Indigenous Peoples Have a Vital Role to Play in the Fight against Climate Change

Truly coming to grips with climate change requires not just ambitious targets, but ambitious action that takes advantage of every possible tool. Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge is a vital, but neglected, weapon in the climate change fight. SDG Advocate Hindou Ibrahim on how climate change is affecting indigenous communities in Chad, Africa.

Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 13, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesMay 15, 2019

Global Peace Inter-Generational Dialogues

The President of Ghana and Mrs. Graça Machel host the first of 100 Inter-Generational Dialogues which brought young future leaders into conversations on peace and development with current world leaders. The results of these inclusive global dialogues will be combined into a Global Peace Charter and presented to the United Nations Secretary-General.

Goal 4, Goal 8, Goal 16, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesMay 13, 2019

Education Above All Leaving No One Behind

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, founder of Education Above All (EAA) foundation, traveled to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to visit projects implemented by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, as part of EAA’s Educate a Child Programme. The goal: to enroll more than 450,000 refugee and displaced children in school. The programme has already provided more than 10 million out of school children in 50 countries with access to education.

Goal 4, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesApril 29, 2019

Ndopu on Mission for Disabled Rwandan Children

Eddie Ndopu went on mission with Humanity & Inclusion (HI) as their Global Ambassador for Inclusive Education. For him, it was about empowering young people to be the protagonists in their own stories. He asks the world to recognize that disability and possibility belong in the same sentence.

Goal 3, Goal 4, Goal 11, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesApril 17, 2019

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde Talks SDGs on State Visit to Republic of Korea

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians engaged on the SDGs often on a recent Belgian State Visit to the Republic of Korea. Her Majesty spoke with former Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chair of SDG Advocate Alumni Ambassador Dho, and local youth on the importance of the SDGs in all aspects of life. Her Majesty also met with high-level Korea officials, business people and academics while in Korea.

Goal 13, Goal 16, Goal 17SDG AdvocatesApril 15, 2019