Social Watch News
Published on Thu, 2016-07-14 20:59
The Czech Social Watch report launched last week in Prague recognizes achievements by its government in social policies, but also criticizes lack of progress in environmental issues. The Czech Republic supports peace and the Sustainable Development Goals, but on the other hand it stimulates arm exports and blocks developing country participation in international fora on tax havens and illicit financial flows. Although the Government generally supports the SGDs and the engagement of non-state actors in the planning process, some governmental departments fail, or in some cases, even refuse to take seriously the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. |
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“No dejar a nadie atrás” pasó a ser el lema de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de la ONU, pero queda mucho por hacer para llegar a concretarlo, coincidieron esta semana organizaciones de la sociedad civil en una conferencia de revisión de los avances de la Agenda de Desarrollo Posterior a 2015. A diferencia de los los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio de la ONU (Organización de las Naciones Unidas), que no lograron atender la desigualdad estructural, la sostenibilidad ecológica y las responsabilidades del Norte global, la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible reconoce “la enorme disparidad de oportunidades, de riqueza y de poder” como inmensos desafíos para lograr el desarrollo sostenible, una novedad en materia de documentos intergubernamentales. En el primer año de los 15 de la Agenda para 2030 todavía deben verse los cambios en el camino hacia el desarrollo global, según el informe Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016 (El foco en el desarrollo sostenible), publicado esta semana por el Grupo de Reflexión de la Sociedad Civil. |
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In New York heeft een topontmoeting plaats over de duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen, beter gekend als de Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Op dit zgn High Level Political Forum (HLPF) wordt een eerste stand van zaken opgemaakt over hoe landen zich inzetten voor een betere wereld tegen 2030. |
Published on Thu, 2016-07-14 20:47
South Korean society is currently experiencing rising economic inequality, against which Government policy has done nothing to stop. The current regime and the ruling party are distancing themselves from the implementation of the SDGs that relate to economic inequality and democracy. Instead, new laws make it easy for chaebol (mega corporations) to accumulate wealth, while weakening fundamental consumer rights and protections and the new Anti-terrorism Act, adopted in March 2016 includes provisions threatening democracy. |
Published on Wed, 2016-07-13 16:56
As the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development started its first review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) July 11-20, civil society coalitions from around the world brought to New York their own findings, calling on member states to take note of these. Because the Forum is the UN’s central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda adopted by world leaders on September 25, 2015. It is slated to adopt a Ministerial Declaration to provide political leadership, guidance and recommendations on the 2030 Agenda’s implementation and follow-up; keep track of progress of the SDGs; spur coherent policies informed by evidence, science and country experiences; as well as address new and emerging issues. |
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Although “leave no one behind” has become a central rallying cry around the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, more needs to be done for it to be put into practice, civil society said during a review conference of progress made on the Post-2030 agenda here this week. Unlike the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which failed to address structural inequality, ecological sustainability, and the responsibilities of the global North, the 2030 Agenda acknowledges the “enormous disparities of opportunity, wealth, and power,” as immense challenges to sustainable development – a first for an intergovernmental document. |
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (apro).- Al favorecer los megaproyectos por encima de los derechos civiles, políticos, sociales, culturales y ambientales de la población mexicana, la reforma energética pone en peligro el cumplimiento de siete de los 17 Objetivos para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), según la organización Social Watch. Con estos objetivos, los países miembros de las Naciones Unidas aspiran a erradicar la pobreza, reducir las desigualdades, proteger la naturaleza y promover los derechos humanos en el mundo hacia el horizonte 2030. |
Published on Wed, 2016-07-13 09:29
Civil Society Reflection Group launches Spotlight Report during the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14),to take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 17 to 22 July 2016. |
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Jens Martens wrote this analysis on behalf of the Reflection Group* on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is part of Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2016, a Reflection Group Report. |
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L’économie tchèque a beau croître et le taux de chômage être à un niveau historiquement bas, le niveau de vie en République tchèque progresse relativement lentement, trop lentement en tout cas pour rattraper les pays européens les plus développés. Tel est le principal constat du huitième rapport annuel de la branche tchèque de la plate-forme Social Watch publié ce lundi. Explications avec l’économiste Ilona Švihlíková. |
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