UN General Assembly
2018

Efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encourage and motivate us. The current momentum to adopt and integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into national planning and institutional initiatives should continue with renewed energy. The aim should be to deepen reflection and exchanges, and to establish participatory frameworks and new partnership models. We must redirect investments to the improvement of data collection on sustainable development and statistics on gender, health, education and the environment. Djibouti is pleased to be able to present its first voluntary review soon and considers this opportunity for introspection beneficial. We also welcome the Secretary-General’s strategy to mobilize increased resources for financing the 2030 Agenda. In that regard, let me stress again that it will be necessary both to think about innovative financing strategies aimed at ensuring an increase in foreign direct investment and to honour development aid commitments.