UN General Assembly
2023

By adopting the Rio Declaration in 1992. Montenegro became the world’s first ecological State. The Declaration defined Montenegrin strategic commitment to adopting and implementing the highest standards and norms in the field of environmental protection, nature conservation and sustainable development. We are proud of the fact that we were among the first countries to bring the SDGs commitment into the national framework through our Strategy of Sustainable Development. Another major step towards speeding up the implementation of the 2030 Development Agenda has been the establishment of the country’s SDG Acceleration Fund. One particularly important fiscal and labour market reform resulted in the rise of the minimum wage and minimum pension. That was followed by other social security reforms, including the provision of free books to primary school students as well as a child allowance to all under 18. All those measures supported an environment of equal opportunities, thereby tackling one problem that was present in country for a long time — inequality.