Since the first day of independence, Azerbaijan has been making every effort to develop and strengthen relations with the UN, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Economy Sahib Mammadov said at the "Green Transformation in Azerbaijan" conference, Report informs.
"Our country, which attaches particular importance to relations with international organizations, cooperates effectively with many specialized institutions and agencies of the UN, and participates actively in the organization's global initiatives related to development.
Azerbaijan joined the ‘2030 Agenda' initiative on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved for 2016-2030 at the Sustainable Development Summit of the UN member countries held in 2015, and the UN Climate Change Initiative on mitigating the negative effects of global climate change. Azerbaijan has ratified the Framework Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. The implementation of our commitments to these international initiatives has become one of the essential components of state policy. In this direction, state programs, strategies, action plans covering socio-economic and environmental fields in the country are adapted to the goals and targets of the SDGs. As the first country in the region, our country submitted three Voluntary National Reports (in 2017, 2019 and 2021) to the UN High-Level Political Forum as a summary of the work done in the implementation of the SDGs. This is a clear example of the importance that the government of Azerbaijan attaches to the obligations on implementing the SDGs," Sahib Mammadov said.
The Deputy Minister added that as a result of the work done, in the "Sustainable Development - 2022" report, which is published annually to analyze the implementation of the SDGs in UN member countries, Azerbaijan ranked 50th among 163 countries, having scored 73.5 points out of a possible 100. According to this indicator, Azerbaijan advanced 5 steps compared to its position in the 2021 report.