On the Participation in the Session of the UN General Assembly Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

19 June 2013

19-06-2013

On June 17-19, 2013 the session of the UN General Assembly working group on sustainable development goals takes place in New York. Mr.Valentin Rybakov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, takes part in the event.

In his speech at the session Mr.Valentin Rybakov marked that the creation of the effective social protection system, talented youth support, education and demographic issues are to be included into the priority areas of UN international cooperation in the sphere of sustainable development.

The Belarusian diplomat underlined the necessity of the balanced approach to solving the problems of development in this areas to provide effective assistance to the countries – UN members taking into account their needs and potentials. The representative of Belarus called to formulate separate sustainable development goals on employment and healthcare. Actions in this areas will allow the international community to successfully accomplish multilateral efforts in improving living conditions in the world that were taken in accordance with the decisions made within the Millennium Summit in 2000, and achieve higher level of sustainable development.

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