Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb Thursday said that unless parliamentarians and representatives of local governments were engaged, no development goal could be achieved.
\nAddressing the closing session of a two-day seminar on sustainable development goals here she said \u201cFor achievement of sustainable development goals we have to do legislation, we can create an enabling environment through legislation to remove the difficulties\u201d.
\nThe minister said that under the leadership of Ayaz Sadiq, Pakistan\u2019s Parliament was the first legislature in the world which institutionalized sustainable development goals.
\nShe said that today provinces had representation in the SDGs framework which was in line with the real spirit of this initiative.
\nShe said that in 2016, SDGs office was established within the parliament, and mobilization was done at the provincial level by establishing its offices in PIPS premises.
\nLauding the efforts made by the then Speaker Ayaz Sadiq for implementation of SDGs , she said that he mentored and supervised the SDGs and today its effects were in front of everyone.
\nShe said that the world was moving beyond the Sustainable Development Goals ,as from 2022 to 2030 SDGs would be monitored and evaluated to see how the targets had been met.
\nThe minister said that due to climate change, the country was currently suffering from severe flooding, Balochistan had been severely affected by the recent monsoon rains.
\nShe said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, chairing a meeting regarding disaster management today emphasized the need to work on disaster risk management.
\nDeveloping countries invest more in disaster response but their budget for disaster risk management had been meagre, she remarked.
\nShe said that the number of women in SDGs had increased for which Chairperson Parliamentary Task Force on SDGs Romina Khursheed Alam deserved congratulations.
\nThe minister said that about 65% of Pakistan\u2019s population consisted of youth and their engagement in SDGs had also witnessed an increase.
\nThe minister opined that even at the district and union council levels, there was a need to involve youth in policy making for sustainable development goals.
\nShe said that in 2016, the budget was allocated for the SDGs for the first time, the budget line was given to the SDGs at the government level.
\nMarriyum said that unless there were sufficient budget and financial resources, the development goals could not be achieved.
\nThe minister said that those countries had achieved their development goal in which the SDGs agenda was given at the local level.
\nSimilarly, she said the developing countries in which government institutions,
\nrepresentatives, members of national and provincial assemblies joined in policy making, also achieved sustainable development goals and millennium development goals.
\nMaryam Aurangzeb said that when SDGs secretariat was set up in 2016, there was no political color in it, now all the provincial governments were representing this event which was a welcome development.
\nShe said that there were issues of governance within developing countries related to SDGs, along with the allocation of funds received from international partners and multinational donor agencies.
\nShe said that there was a check and balance at the provincial level on the use of this money and there was a need to check governance issues at the national level.
\nShe offered all possible support to SDG secretariat in achieving its goals.
\nShe said that parliamentarians, local government representatives and civil society had to look at what legislation could improve the SDGs.
\nAppreciating the role of media regarding implementation of SDGs, she said that the Parliamentary Reporters Association was also made a part of the SDGs team.
\nThe minister said that it was the responsibility of all to work for the improvement of education, health facilities, environment, development, energy and economy as this was a national agenda, everyone should work together to achieve goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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