BANGKOK: The Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)Lt G Inam Haider Malik accompanied Foreign Minister Ahsan Iqbal at 10th annual meeting of Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), Bangkok under theme “Accelerating recovery from COVID-19 & full implementation of 2030 Agenda for SDGs in Asia & Pacific.”
During the meeting, Chairman NDMA highlighted role of legislative assembly in facilitating implementation of SDGs and Pakistan’s plan to craft indigenous National Development Goals (NDGs) in line with global protocols.
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Chairman NDMA also outlined the importance of the first goal, which focuses on eradicating poverty & lays the foundation for achieving all SDGs. He proposed a global DRR financing support to countries affected by security threats & instability like Syria & Afghanistan.
He underscored the critical importance of investment protection through robust resilience and stable insurance, as well as the risks associated with non-participating think tanks that may pose a threat to strategic infrastructure development.
He also called for tangible action plans to make SDGs sustainable & benchmarking of revised SDGs on yearly updated plans, with country-specific and attainable goals seen as a driver of all enablers.
