Kathmandu: UN ECOSOC President Lok Bahadur Thapa participated in the event “Right to Development at 40: Catalysing Global Partnerships for Inclusive and Sustainable Development” at UN Headquarters on July 17.
President Thapa stressed that sustainable development is not only a policy objective, it is a human right. With only 18% of the SDG targets on track and just four years remaining to achieve the 2030 Agenda, we must translate global commitments into concrete action.
President Thapa stressed that the right to development must be mainstreamed across financing, trade, debt relief and development cooperation, that participation must be genuine, and that accountability must be strengthened. We must ensure that those furthest behind – including LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS – are not treated as recipients of charity, but as holders of rights the international community has pledged to uphold.
