‘Deeply negative impact’ of COVID pandemic, reverses SDG progress

Published on July 15, 2021

Closing a key international development forum on Thursday, the deputy UN chief observed that a year of “immense challenges” has reversed progress on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

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