New York- The G77+China, has demanded action during the summit for the Future that is going in at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Uganda’s prime Minister Rt. Hon. Nabbanja Robinah presented the statement on behalf of the G77+China during plenary at the UN headquarters in New York on Sunday.
Uganda is the current chair of the G77 plus China which is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries in the United Nations, which provides the means for the countries of the South to articulate and promote their collective economic interests and enhance their joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues within the United Nations system, and promote South-South cooperation for development.
Nabbanja while delivering the statement on behalf of G77+ China says that the future we want should be free from any oppression and free from global inequalities and ‘divides’ in levels of development, financing, technology and innovation.
Nabbanja says that the G77 plus China hopes has hope and conviction that this Pact should not become another futile exercise, but must garner political will and commitment across all levels of global leadership to pragmatically address current issues and lay a foundation for solutions for our future global progress and challenges.
However, Nabbanja says that the pact has some shortfalls that require being addressed so that UN targets are achieved.
The Kenyan President Dr. William Ruto says that multilateral systems are not giving the desired solutions for equitable development and demanded that Africa be given permanent membership on the UN security committee.
The UN secretary general António Guterres says that the pact for the future offers solutions to the prevailing challenges in the world.
The Premier was accompanied by the minister for foreign Oryemu and Uganda’s permanent representative at the United Nations Ambassador Adonia Ayebare and the head of SDGs in Uganda Dr. Albert Byamugisha.
The Summit of the Future underway in New York aims at producing an inter-governmentally negotiated, action-oriented Pact for the Future with chapters on Sustainable development and financing for development, International peace and security; Science, technology and innovation and digital cooperation, Youth and future generations and Transforming global governance.
