United Nations Country Team marks 60 days countdown to the UN SDG summit by Tree Planting

The United Nations Country Team in South Sudan teamed with STEM power and Animu Athiei foundation to create awareness on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the 18th   of July 2023, a date marking exactly 60 days to the UN SDG summit 2023.

The SDG summit will mark the beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the SDGs with high-level political guidance on transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030. Convened by the President of the General Assembly, the Summit will mark the half-way point to the deadline set for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

In a speech read by the Head of the Resident Coordinator’s Office/Strategic planner Mr. George Otoo on behalf of the RC ai, he stressed the important of all stakeholders coming together to rescue the SDGs in South Sudan. “All the SDGs are interconnected and equally important, we all need to work together towards a sustained desired future, transformative progress will not be possible for South Sudan without a surge in global solidarity and international cooperation” he said.

Participants who included youth from various walks of life planted trees as a way of preserving and greening the environment.

“We depend on the environment for everything that we do, in our day-to-day activities, tree planting is one of the ways we can conserve the environment, I encourage all people to plant trees and use them in a sustainable manner” said 10-year-old queen Ritah Samantha, a ten-year-old environment in a recorded message.