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SDGs: Partnerships help multiply global impact, says UN

Mr Rae noted that everyone had an important role, big or small, to give life to the commitments made.

• February 5, 2025
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Partnerships give the ability to multiply impact globally and amplify individual efforts to make them collective ones, says Bob Rae, president of the UN’s Economic and Social Council.

Mr Rae said this on Wednesday during the 2025 ECOSOC Partnership Forum.

Mr Rae noted that everyone had an important role, big or small, to give life to the commitments made.

According to him, the Pact for the Future and the SDG Political Declaration of 2023 have given opportunities to define a common vision for multilateral action going forward.

This progress, he said, happened because of strong partnerships.
He highlighted successes made in the global fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

“We’ve been able to mobilise over 65 billion dollars, we’ve saved more than 50 million lives across 100 countries since 2002 and we’ve done it by putting our best efforts to work.

“These diseases are being overcome, and we will achieve more success as we go forward by applying the same formula. That formula is people working together and harnessing finance in the interest of the public good.

“As we forge collaboration across sectors, and while leveraging the strengths that we share, we can amplify the impact, we can drive progress, and we can ensure that no one is left behind,” Mr Rae said.

Guy Bernard Ryder, UN under-secretary-general, said partnerships were about building bridges, fostering collaboration, and creating opportunities that extend across boundaries.

He said diverse coalitions are critical in this time of crisis, adding that no single actor could address these challenges, from climate change to conflict, pandemics, and economic instability.

Mr Ryder noted that the pact for the future was not just a commitment framework but a real call to action for dynamic partnerships that leverage expertise across sectors and geographies.

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