12 Dec 2016

Key role seen for civil society in applying Pacific SDGs

From , 4:01 pm on 12 December 2016

There is a call for Pacific governments to work in partnership with civil society if they want the Sustainable Development Goals to work.

The United Nations' SDGs have come into play this year, replacing the Millennium Development Goals which ended in 2015.

The executive director of the Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, or PIANGO, Emele Duituturaga, told Don Wiseman that if governments and civil society don't collaborate the new goals could go the way of the earlier MDGs.

More than 30 delegates from Pacific countries met in Wellington to discuss prioritising sexual and reproductive health in the UN sustainable development goals.

More than 30 delegates from Pacific countries met in Wellington to discuss prioritising sexual and reproductive health in the UN sustainable development goals. Photo: RNZI/Daniela Maoate-Cox