UN meeting to discuss region’s sustainable development goals
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Asia-Pacific experts and statisticians are convening at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok this week to improve disaggregated statistics for achieving the sustainable development goals in the region.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires governments to develop reliable, timely, accurate and disaggregated data and statistics, which are essential to track and monitor the progress of all population groups in their progress towards achievement of the SDGs, to ensure that no one is left behind. However, serious gaps remain in the quality and availability of statistics and data in the region.
United Nations under secretary general and executive secretary of ESCAP, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, said: "To leave-no-one-behind is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda, which means in order to achieve the SDGs, countries must ensure their policies and programmes are designed to advance the most vulnerable groups of our populations."
