The Effectiveness of the United Nations in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)
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https://doi.org/10.62843/jrsr/2025.4d155Keywords:
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nations (UN), Global Governance, Multilateral Cooperation, Development FinancingAbstract
The United Nations (UN) continues to be the key multilateral institution that leads the international community to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since 2030 Agenda was adopted in 2015, the UN has been at the core of establishing governance systems around the world, sourcing funds, and building transversal relationships to combat the solid global issues like poverty, inequality, climate change and global health inequalities. Though UN has contributed significantly to such aspects as normative agenda-setting, coordination, and monitoring, some challenges remain that undermine advancement. These are a lack of funds, geopolitical strains, data space, and unequal adoption by the member states. It is against this background that this paper will critically analyze the effectiveness of the United Nations in promoting and supporting the implementation of SDGs using scholarly and institutional literature published between 2019 and 2024.
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