MIL OSI Translation. Canadian French to English –
Source: Prime Minister of Canada – in French
Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participated virtually in a meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocates Group convened by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
Prime Minister Trudeau and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley co-chaired the meeting and welcomed four new SDG champions to the Group, including Lilly Singh, award-winning Canadian artist and founder of the Unicorn Island Fund.
During the meeting, Secretary-General Guterres stressed the importance of taking collective action to achieve the SDGs. Advocates discussed the challenges facing many countries around the world and shared ideas to accelerate efforts to build a more peaceful, equal and healthy future.
The Prime Minister highlighted Canada’s commitment to achieving the SDGs around the world, including as co-chair of the SDG Stimulus Leaders Group, which promotes access to financing for emerging economies and developing countries.
In line with the United Nations SDG Stimulus, the Prime Minister noted that Canada has adopted debt and climate resilience provisions to address the borrowing needs of emerging economies, recently purchased $274 million in hybrid equity from the World Bank to enable $1.8 billion in additional lending to developing countries, and invested $720 million in a new concessional financing facility managed by FinDev Canada to help mobilize new capital for development, including from the private sector. He also highlighted the role of investments in gender equality and climate action in accelerating progress toward all SDGs.
The Prime Minister and other SDG champions all recognized the importance of promoting the SDGs and taking ambitious action to achieve them. They agreed to continue this work over the coming week, at the Future Summit and the UN General Assembly.
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