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Mugabe arrives in New York City
23 Sep 2015 at 21:21hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in New York City, US for the 70th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
The President is accompanied by the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and other senior government officials who include Presidential Spokesperson, Mr George Charamba.
The President and his delegation were received at JFK International Airport by Zimbabwe's Permanent Representative to the UN, Frederick Shava and Zimbabwean diplomats at the UN mission.
During the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, heads of state and government attending from all parts of the world, are expected to examine and adopt the new development plan, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expire at the end of this year.
According to the inter-governmental platform which came with the new vision, the MDGs failed to achieve much in improving people's lives due to over reliance on external western funding which was not as forthcoming as expected.
The new SDGS covering 2016 to 2030 are expected to use a new model of financing such as mobilisation of domestic resources and the use of private public sector partnerships to achieve the new goals.
The President is accompanied by the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and other senior government officials who include Presidential Spokesperson, Mr George Charamba.
The President and his delegation were received at JFK International Airport by Zimbabwe's Permanent Representative to the UN, Frederick Shava and Zimbabwean diplomats at the UN mission.
According to the inter-governmental platform which came with the new vision, the MDGs failed to achieve much in improving people's lives due to over reliance on external western funding which was not as forthcoming as expected.
The new SDGS covering 2016 to 2030 are expected to use a new model of financing such as mobilisation of domestic resources and the use of private public sector partnerships to achieve the new goals.
Source - zbc
