Thank you Mr. President,

I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the G77 and China.

The Group welcomes the convening of the Partnership Forum at this critical juncture, where the world is simultaneously confronted with multiples crisis and global challenges, and still not yet on the right track to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals, stressing the need for concrete and immediate action to create the necessary enabling environment at all levels for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.

We are deeply concerned about the significant impacts of the current challenging global environment on national efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda, including not only economic factors -in the areas of trade, investment, tax, finance and technology-, but also disasters, natural and man-made hazards, climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, sea level rise, melting glaciers, environmental degradation, humanitarian crises and conflicts.

Implementing the 2030 Agenda at all levels requires political will, as well as the provision and mobilization of adequate means of implementation, and a revitalized global partnership, which puts sustainable development front and center in accordance with SDG 17, and in correspondence with national plans and priorities, taking into account all national circumstances, realities and capacities and different levels of development, including support to the countries affected by conflict or emerging from crisis. We call for a new phase of international cooperation through a strengthened and scaled-up global partnership for development, upholding multilateralism with the UN at the center.

The entire UN system as well as the Bretton Woods Institutions and bilateral donors should align their cooperation programmes with the national development strategies, with a view to making the optimum contribution to its realization.

To foster sustainable development in its three dimensions and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda it is urgent, and a priority for developing countries, the promotion of technology transfer and capacity building. Governance system based on evidence-based data, science, technology and innovation is essential to identify problems and find effective solutions aimed at inclusive and sustainable economic development, including poverty eradication and inequality reduction. It is key to strengthen strategic partnerships between countries of the North and the South so as to contribute to the sharing of knowledge, innovation and transfer of technology on preferential and concessional terms.

The Group reaffirms that South-South Cooperation is a strong, genuine, broad-based partnership grounded in the principle of solidarity and mutual respect, but it is a complement to, rather than a substitute for North-South Cooperation.

Mr. President,

We reiterate we cannot postpone anymore the reform of international financial architecture. We need to strengthen the voice and participation of developing countries in international economic decision-making.

We also need a fair trade system that promotes economic growth and quality job creation; invest in sustainable resilient infrastructure; fight climate change and its negative effects and moderate food prices.

To conclude, the Group acknowledges that the upcoming review of ECOSOC and the HLPF and the ongoing process of UN80, including the review of the sustainable development pillar, if inclusive and responsive, represent opportunities to further deepening international partnerships, cooperation and coordination in order to advance sustainable development, addressing the priorities and concerns of developing countries, reducing inequality among and within countries, leaving no country and no person behind.

The G77 and China reiterate its continued unwavering commitment to further translating ambitions set out in the 2030 Agenda into real action, and we encourage ECOSOC, as the main coordinating organ of the UN, to assess the underlying obstacles and support progress in its implementation as well as give a coherent, transparent, and consultative approach to all partnership initiatives, while ensuring equitable representation from the South.

I thank you.