Special Session during the 2022 Arab Sustainable Development Week
Towards Supporting the Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals in Conflict-Affected Countries in the Arab Region
15 February 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Cairo) / 4:00 AM – 5:30 AM (New York)
The League of Arab States (LAS), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and MAAT Foundation for Peace, Development, and Human Rights
About the Event
The past decade has witnessed a sharp rise in conflicts across the Arab region. These conflicts have proven more fluid, protracted and complex, damaging the region’s rich cultural landscape, while undermining human security and opportunities for sustainable development. Against this backdrop, the Arab Committee for Sustainable Development requested the League of Arab States (LAS), in partnership with the United Nations, prepared a regional Report on Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Conflict-Affected Countries in the Arab Region.
This special session focuses on the findings and the follow-up to the Report, including the recently established Multistakeholder Coordination Mechanism at LAS with support of a technical team comprising of UN and non-UN partners and operating across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus.
Regional Report
Read a summary of the Report findings [English] [Arabic]
Read the Regional Report on Attainment of SDGs in Conflict-affected Countries in the Arab Region [English] [Arabic]
Echoing the five pillars of the 2030 Agenda, the Report calls for an integrated framework anchored in the human security approach to advance the SDGs in countries faced with complex and often recurring challenges. Based on country-specific and regional reviews, as well as in-depth analyses and extensive consultations, the Report provides evidence-based examples of lessons learned and successes in strengthening the localization of the SDGs, enhancing institutional cooperation and data collection, and managing competing priorities and challenges, including the recent Covid-19 pandemic. The Report adds further value by offering an exhaustive repository of existing frameworks to strengthen responses to current gaps and opportunities in the achievement of sustainable peace and development in the Arab region.