Japan pledges USD1 billion to UN

Thursday, 20/07/2017 21:11
Japan has pledged to fund USD1 billion in the next two years for United Nations (UN) development activities.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Photo: AFP)

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told a meeting at the UN that the funding will go to help children and youth worldwide, in particular to promote education, health, disaster response and gender equality.

The announcement provided a boost to the UN as it seeks to build support for its sustainable development goals (SDGs) that call for ending extreme poverty by 2030, among other objectives.

In addition, Kishida said Japan will promote a scheme of the Japan International Cooperation Agency for supporting companies that contribute to achieving the SDGs./.

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