June 8, 2022
Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, today issued the following joint statement on building a sustainable, resilient, and equitable future through the Sustainable Development Goals:
“The world has changed since the last time that we came together in Lima in 2018. The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic and financial crises laid bare fissures and gaps in the system that we now need to address. Millions falling into poverty for the first time in nearly a quarter-century; worsening inequality within and between countries; devastating climatic events, limited progress on gender equality; rising conflict and instability around the globe; the slow pandemic of anti-microbial resistance; and the emerging food crisis all signal that business as usual is not an option.
“As co-Chairs of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates group, we believe that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development offers us a path of hope for a better world that is more sustainable, more equitable and more prosperous. But achieving the 2030 Agenda will take more effort, a high level of resolve, and a renewed commitment to international solidarity. As champions for this Agenda, we see some areas where we as leaders in the Americas need to focus to accelerate progress and achieve our goal of sustainable development. We must deliver better public education and health care for more and create the policy space to do so.
PM Canada Press Release
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