Kazakhstan to report for the first time on SDGs realization

ASTANA. KAZINFORM "This year Kazakhstan for the first time ever will report on the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),"Vice Minister of the National Economy of Kazakhstan Madina Zhunisbekova said.

"Kazakhstan starts this year the most active stage of the work to achieve the UN SDGs. Our country has joined that process. We have undertaken voluntary commitments. Kazakhstan strives to fulfill all those goals. It is the landmark year for Kazakhstan will make its first-ever voluntary report to the UN in New York embracing all the trends of development," Zhunisbekova told a seminar in Astana.

As earlier reported, on September 25, 2015 the UN member nations adopted The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It contains goals aimed at eliminating poverty, preserving planetary resources and providing people's welfare. Each of 17 goals consists of indices that should be achieved within 15 years.