Economic Reporter :
A two-day South Asian Speaker’s Summit-2016 on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) begins today (Saturday) with a special focus on tobacco control campaign.
The Inter-Parliament Union (IPU) in cooperation with the Bangladesh Parliament and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has been organizing the two-day summit at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city.
The summit is intended for Speakers of the Parliament from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, he added.
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire at the end of 2015, the IPU sources said. The SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets.
The IPU and its member parliaments were actively involved in negotiations of the SDGs, campaigning for the inclusion of democratic governance as a stand-alone goal and enabler of development in all societies, according to the IPU.
A two-day South Asian Speaker’s Summit-2016 on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) begins today (Saturday) with a special focus on tobacco control campaign.
The Inter-Parliament Union (IPU) in cooperation with the Bangladesh Parliament and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has been organizing the two-day summit at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city.
The summit is intended for Speakers of the Parliament from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, he added.
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire at the end of 2015, the IPU sources said. The SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets.
The IPU and its member parliaments were actively involved in negotiations of the SDGs, campaigning for the inclusion of democratic governance as a stand-alone goal and enabler of development in all societies, according to the IPU.
