High-level UN forum convenes to generate political momentum for SDGs

UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Government officials, representatives from civil society, and private sector partners on Monday gathered at the UN headquarters in New York under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to address the pressing need to reinvigorate efforts towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The ambitious set of objectives agreed on in 2015 for people