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South Sudan has begun assessing its progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) \u2013 a global effort to tackle poverty, hunger, inequality, and other challenges.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This voluntary national review (VNR) is a first for the country. Its data will be presented to the UN General Assembly in July this year.<\/p>\n Speaking during the launch on Thursday, National Minister of Peace Building Stephen Par Kuol emphasized peace as a top priority for achieving all SDGs.<\/p>\n “The current government is committed to sustainable development, which requires peace, strategic direction, and a focus on economic, social, and environmental well-being,” he said.<\/p>\n Other priorities highlighted by Par Kuol include Rule of Law, combating corruption, effective resource management, human capital development, infrastructure development and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n Minister Kuol underscored that from eradicating poverty and hunger to promoting equality, quality education and health care, and gender equality, the Suitable Development Goal presents a roadmap for transformative change.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we stand at this critical moment in our nation’s history, it\u2019s imperative that we start a course forward that not only addresses immediate needs for our people but also ensures the long-term preparation and wellbeing of future generations,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n The VNR report, to be presented at the UN General Assembly in July, will address key areas like education, healthcare, and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n Deputy National Minister of Finance Agok Makur Kur also stressed the importance of diversifying the economy beyond oil dependence.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very important for South Sudan despite having many resources, but we are not using all the resources; we are only reliant on one resource, which is oil, we have to prioritize agriculture\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n He believes the peace agreement will allow citizens to return to their land and focus on agriculture.<\/p>\n The VNR process involves collaboration between government agencies, civil society, and the private sector.<\/p>\n In 2015, the world came together and agreed on seventeen goals: to take the entire world population toward achieving development and to ensure that nobody was left behind.<\/p>\n This process of voluntary national review, or VNR, is being undertaken by most countries across the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kidega Livingstone South Sudan has begun assessing its progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) \u2013 a global effort to tackle poverty, hunger, inequality, and other challenges. This voluntary national review (VNR) is a first for the country. Its data will be presented to the UN General Assembly[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Government-officials-and-United-Nations-Agencies-officials-during-the-launched-of-the-voluntary-national-review-process.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23180,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23178\/revisions\/23180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}