UN Summit adopts new development plan

New York

Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa chaired the UN Post 2015 Sustainable Development Summit work session, which officially adopted a new ambitious plan for sustainable development on its first day. The new plan will be the focus of the international community and governments at the session in the next 15 days.

The session will concentrate on attaining 17 goals, including eradicating poverty, promoting food security, guaranteeing good health, providing good education and bolstering sustainable economic development.

Addressing the summit, Minister of Social Development Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh reviewed Bahrain’s efforts in achieving the sustainable development goals. She stressed that Bahrain was able to carry out most of the goals of the millennium agenda for 2015 in various fields thanks to a strategic comprehensive development scheme and the Royal reforms.

She also pointed out that Bahrain is going ahead with mapping out plans to achieve the post-2015 sustainable development goals in the social, economic and environment fields. She said the Kingdom will host a ministerial meeting on December 6 and 7 on implementing the sustainable development plan for 2030 in the Arab countries. 

The meeting, she added, will be patronised by HRH the Premier and is part of the Kingdom’s efforts to press ahead with sustainable development.