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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is at stake globally as currently the development partners are extending only three percent fund out of the proposed requirement, reports UNB.
"Unless adequate financing is available, SDGs will remain an unachievable and unfinished agenda goal," he said.
The minister was speaking at a seminar on "Bangladesh's Journey to SDGs: From Negotiations to Implementation" organized by the Dhaka University's Department of International Relations at the Foreign Service academy in Dhaka.
He said as per the estimate, it requires 3.5 trillion to 11 trillion US dollars each year for achieving the SDGs worldwide.
"However currently, development partners, on average extend 156 billion a year which is nearly 3 percent of the proposed SDG requirement," he said while terming technology transfer and financing as number one challenge in means of SDG implementation.
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