{"id":160609,"date":"2018-06-11T18:56:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/?p=160609"},"modified":"2018-06-11T18:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T22:56:49","slug":"press-release-assembly-president-convenes-high-level-event-on-financing-sustainable-development-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/72\/2018\/06\/11\/press-release-assembly-president-convenes-high-level-event-on-financing-sustainable-development-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE: Assembly President convenes high-level event on financing Sustainable Development Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>United Nations, New York, 11 June 2018<\/strong><\/em><strong> \u2013 The President of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k, today convened a high-level event on financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the theme \u201cBreaking the Bottlenecks of Investment from Policy to Impact.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event was organized to address the factors that block private investment toward SDG sectors. It also examined the role of the United Nations in strengthening public-private partnerships and how the United Nations could better align itself with the rapidly-changing world of international finance.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening remarks, President Laj\u010d\u00e1k said, \u201cWe only have two choices. One: We finance the SDGs. And we achieve them. Or two: We don\u2019t. And we fail. There is no in-between. And the longer we stand at this fork in the road, the less choice we will have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In that regard, he added, \u201cWe need to sell the SDGs. We cannot just put our hands out \u2013 and expect the investments to come. 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Other introductory speakers included: Douglas Peterson, the CEO of S&amp;P Global; Namita Vikas, Group President and Global Head of Climate Strategy and Responsible Banking from YES BANK in India; Mustafa Suleyman, Co-founder and Head of Applied Artificial Intelligence at DeepMind; Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at Aviva; and Tariq Fancy, Chief Investment Officer of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured four panel discussions, entitled \u201cBuild fertile soil for business: providing concerted leadership\u201d; \u201cLet the investment grow: filling in the gap of trillions\u201d; \u201cRemove the hurdles of irrigation: channeling investment to the ground\u201d; and \u201cSecure the fruits: maximizing investment impact\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Before closing the meeting, President Laj\u010d\u00e1k said his team would produce a summary of today\u2019s event as well as a \u201ctoolbox\u201d containing major recommendations, best practices and available data.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<strong>For media inquiries, please contact<\/strong> Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly, 1-212-963-7238, 1-347-556-3433, varmab@un.org.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=&#8221;3.5.1&#8243; gallery_ids=&#8221;160690,160834,160726,160636,160654,160762,160798,160816,160870,160888&#8243; posts_number=&#8221;10&#8243; db_image_max_width_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; db_image_max_height_tablet=&#8221;501&#8243; db_image_row_spacing_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; db_image_object_fit=&#8221;initial&#8221; zoom_icon_color=&#8221;#00a8ff&#8221; hover_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.9)&#8221; db_image_center_titles=&#8221;left&#8221; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;off&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE: Assembly President convenes high-level event on financing Sustainable Development Goals<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":160726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[69,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-pressreleases","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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