United Nations Monitoring Mechanism
2025
Biennial report of the Secretary-General on the review of the implementation of commitments made towards Africa’s development
This report focuses on the interconnection between science, technology and innovation with governance and human capital. Five years before the deadline for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, progress in these areas is insufficient. The report provides recommendations to reverse this trend and activate science, technology and innovation as a driver for industrialization and job creation, and governance as an enabler for human capital development.
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2023
Biennial report of the Secretary-General on the review of the implementation of commitments made towards Africa’s development
The report primarily focuses on financing for development and energy access, two critical areas for accelerating the implementation of commitments made towards Africa’s development, in line with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Following a recommendation of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa has designed a new structure for delivering its monitoring mandate, which is presented in the report.
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2021
Biennial report of the Secretary-General on the review of the implementation of commitments made towards Africa’s development
The fourth biennial report of the Secretary-General was prepared against the backdrop of the sixth year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the global call for action by the Secretary-General to accelerate implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as eight years of implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want through its first 10-year implementation plan (2014–2023). The report reviews the implementation of commitments made by Africa’s traditional, new and emerging development partners, as well as African countries themselves. Those commitments, which are anchored in the principles of mutual accountability and partnerships, arise, inter alia, from major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields.
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