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Csaba\u00a0K\u0151r\u00f6si<\/em>,<\/em> President of the 77th<\/sup> session of the General Assembly<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

—-<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

International Day of Nowruz Commemoration<\/strong><\/p>\n

20 March 2023 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[As Delivered by the Chef de Cabinet, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Sz\u0151ke<\/span><\/strong>]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n

I am delighted to \u2013 symbolically \u2013 join you to celebrate the International Day of Nowruz, and I thank the Permanent Mission of Iran and the other co-organizers for inviting me.<\/p>\n

As we start this holiday, we will be revisiting its core values: solidarity, inclusiveness, and respect across borders, beliefs and language \u2013 in line with our focus for a better world.<\/p>\n

More than 300 million people around the world mark Nowruz for more than 3,000 years based on these values.<\/p>\n

Today we usher in a new year, bringing fresh life \u2013 the rebirth of nature after a long fall and winter.<\/p>\n

To apply our UN terminology, we are using this beautiful opportunity to celebrate transformation.<\/p>\n

Nowruz also stands as an inspiration to cherish the link between the human being and nature.<\/p>\n

To that end, I encourage us to make this a time to reaffirm our commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n

In a few days, we will gather for the UN Water Conference, which I hope will be a historic milestone for cooperation on water issues.<\/p>\n

If we are bold and take real action, this week could give people and planet a new life \u2013 one that is not arid and dry, but refreshed and richer.<\/p>\n

I am only disappointed \u2013 but also very much relieved \u2013 that, today, we will not follow the ancient ritual of jumping over fire.<\/p>\n

I am grateful to the organizers for their safe planning.<\/p>\n

To everyone who marks the beginning of a New Year now, I wish that it becomes a healthy and happy one.<\/p>\n

Nowruz Mubarak, and thank you.<\/p>\n

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Csaba\u00a0K\u0151r\u00f6si, President of the 77th session of the General Assembly —- International Day of Nowruz Commemoration 20 March 2023 [As Delivered by the Chef de Cabinet, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Sz\u0151ke] Excellencies, Ladies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":361,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

Csaba\u00a0K\u0151r\u00f6si<\/em>,<\/i>\u00a0President of the 77th<\/sup>\u00a0session of the General Assembly<\/b><\/b><\/p>\r\n

----<\/b><\/b><\/p>\r\n

Second informal consultations convened by the co-facilitators on the<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>political declaration to be adopted by the SDG Summit in September 2023<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

16 March 2023<\/b><\/b><\/p>\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nExcellencies, esteemed colleagues,\r\n\r\nI thank the co-facilitators, Ambassador Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani of Qatar and Ambassador Fergal Mythen of Ireland for the invitation.\r\n\r\nFergal, happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day to you!\r\n\r\nDear Alya and Fergal, I am sincerely grateful to you for your work leading this process, and in particular the preparation of the elements paper circulated to MS on 28 February.\r\n\r\nThis paper is a good basis to start the discussion.\r\n\r\nI fully agree with the co-facilitators\u2019 call for the political declaration to be a consensual, concise, ambitious, action-oriented and transformative document.\r\n\r\nI have been particularly pleased by their emphasis on the need to have an ambitious and transformative outcome at the Summit.\r\n\r\nI am sure that, if we want to have such an outcome, we need transformative elements. We have to tell the world why and how the second half of the SDG implementation period will be more impactful and our pledges more credible.\r\n\r\nWe may think of what has been missing from the current implementation and reporting. If you wish, where are the Gamechangers \u2013 that will make our commitments more credible.\r\n\r\nI have in mind key building blocks such as \u201cBeyond GDP\u201d or the creation of the scientific evaluation system of the SDGs\u2019 implementation.\r\n\r\n\u201cBeyond GDP\u201d to measure the real transformation for which we had no real tool until now and Scientific Validation System\u00a0to make the data comparable and validate the aggregated impacts.\r\n\r\nI am very much encouraged by the positive feedback from Member States and various stakeholders on these proposals.\r\n\r\nLikewise, it will be useful and helpful to take into consideration the discussions and commitments that emanated or will, hopefully, emanate from several processes, such as the Transforming Education Summit, COP27, COP 15, the LDC5 Conference, the UN Water Conference, the Sendai Framework Mid-Term Review, the HLPF, and FfD.\r\n\r\nI am sure that the UN Water Conference as well as other upcoming meetings and ongoing processes will result in game-changers that can also find their place in the political declaration of the SDG Summit.\r\n\r\nThe SDG Summit will constitute the mid-point review of the implementation of the 17 Goals.\r\n\r\nMy vision for the SDG Summit is one of a meeting that serves to produce a quality change in our efforts to accelerate implementation at all levels.\r\n\r\nA quantum leap, if you wish.\r\n\r\nAn outcome to turbocharge implementation.\r\n\r\nFor that to happen, we need to go beyond repeating well-known affirmations, set out bold steps and demonstrate leadership at this critical time.\r\n\r\nThe outcome will provide guidance to many international platforms. organisations, including development, banks.\r\n\r\nLadies and gentlemen,\r\n\r\nThe stakes are huge. The real transformation is at stake.\r\n\r\nNot necessarily the relocation of some existing resources, not only, but to recalibrate the system of priorities and use the cooperation channels, national plans and resources accordingly.\r\n\r\nBefore the summit, we have to raise the level of transparency and honesty to review the lessons learnt from the past VNRs and look at where we can unlock new commitments, find new tools, and adopt innovative policies based on scientific inputs.\r\n\r\nI am greatly encouraged by the briefing of the Independent Group of Scientists on GSDR that took place on 7 February as a part of the first GA informal plenary briefing on \u201cScience-based Evidence in Support of the Sustainable Solutions\u201d.\r\n\r\nThe briefing from the IGS gave us a bedrock of scientific knowledge, a basis for unfolding this crucial negotiation process \u2013 and I would very much like to continue in this spirit.\r\n\r\nThat is why the second scientific informal plenary briefing will focus on \u201cBeyond GDP\u201d, \u201cFood Security and Sustainability Transformation\u201d and \u201cA Scientific Support System for the UN\u201d.\r\n\r\nIt will take place on 12 April at 10am in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.\r\n\r\nI invite you all to join us there.\r\n\r\nAs part of my commitment to hear from the civil society and motivate them to bring their contributions to the SDG Summit, I will convene my second Town Hall meeting with CSOs on 20 April at 10am.\r\n\r\nThe focus of this townhall will be on the need for accelerated progress towards the achievement of the SDGs by 2030.\r\n\r\nLet me thank the co-facilitators for kindly agreeing to participate in this Town Hall meeting.\r\n\r\nDear Friends,\r\n\r\nI wish you a fruitful discussion today and count on your support to ensure that we have a truly ambitious outcome.\r\n\r\nAn outcome that really helps us jointly transform the world.\r\n\r\nI thank you.\r\n\r\n\u00a0","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[575,561,562],"class_list":["post-251614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statements","tag-ceo-roundtable-discussion-on-a-gender-equal-future-of-work-in-the-digital-age","tag-commission-on-the-status-of-women","tag-csw","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nPGA remarks to the International Day of Nowruz Commemoration - 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