UN Coordinator: Partnership with Saudi Arabia in Sustainable Development Goals Focuses on 4 Strategic Areas

UN Coordinator: Partnership with Saudi Arabia in Sustainable Development Goals Focuses on 4 Strategic Areas

United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Kingdom, Nathalie Fustier, said that partnership with Saudi Arabia was moving to a new stage, pointing to the progress achieved by the Kingdom in sustainable development.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Fustier said that the UN partnership with the Saudi government has evolved over the years and continues today amid a new stage in the field of sustainable development, which will direct the general work of the international organization in the Kingdom from 2022 to 2026 to cooperate primarily through three elements of sustainable development.

Fustier participated in dialogue sessions between the UN and Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh on Monday, on ways to achieve Goal 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals, namely revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development.

The UN official pointed to Saudi Arabia’s sustainable development priorities stipulated in Vision 2030, its efforts achieve the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and reform the UN development system through four strategic areas, including people, planet, prosperity and peace.

In this regard, she stressed the need to combine the efforts of all sectors and segments of society in order to attain the required change and achieve the goals of sustainable development.

Fustier said