UNDP And The Importance Of Its 17 SDGs

Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Secretary-General, and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, UNDP

11-Aug-22 08:00

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United Nations Development Programme works in around 170 countries and territories and aims to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, some of the goals are to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities and exclusion.

Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Secretary-General, and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, at the UNDP tells us the challenges it faces and gives us the behind the scenes of how conversations take place with governments.

Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning

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Categories: Law/Activism, international

Tags: undp, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, poverty, equality,

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