In his opening remarks, Don emphasised the necessity to speed up actions to attain the SDGs, significantly as a quadruple shock – COVID-19 pandemic, local weather change, conflicts, and provide chain disruption – has undone hard-won progress made so far on sustainable improvement. He prompt two key parts which are preconditions for taking ahead SDGs implementation, particularly (1) making certain a peaceable atmosphere conducive to sustainable improvement and reinforcing constructive cooperation to construct strategic belief and create mutual advantages; and (2) enhancing partnerships by synergies, the entire of society strategy, and multi-stakeholder engagement for the UN 2030 Agenda.
Reiterating ASEAN’s dedication to selling these two key parts, the Overseas Minister highlighted ASEAN’s undertakings to advertise peace and partnerships for sustainable improvement by frameworks and mechanisms such because the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), the Complementarities Initiative, and the ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Improvement Research and Dialogue (ACSDSD). In the meantime, Senator Wong reiterated Australia’s dedication to deepen engagement and enhance sustainable improvement cooperation with ASEAN to appreciate a peaceable and affluent area for the good thing about the peoples.
