Post by Hazir Farouk A. Elhaj

This month, the UN High-level Political Forum on #SustainableDevelopment convened in New York under the theme “#Advancing #sustainable, #inclusive, #science- and evidence-based solutions for the #2030Agenda and its #SDGs for #leavingnoonebehind.” Yet, with only five years left until 2030, entire countries are falling behind on the most basic and essential goals: #NoPoverty (SDG 1), #ZeroHunger (SDG 2), #GoodHealth and #WellBeing (SDG 3), and #CleanWater and #Sanitation (SDG6). In some places, #hunger is not just the result of #poverty; it is a condition people are forced into. Nowhere is this more painfully clear than in #Gaza, where children, women, and men face #preventable #famine, driven by siege and deprivation. This is not a failure of policy; it is a failure of humanity. It is an indictment of our collective failure to #leavenoonebehind. If our metrics can rise while people starve, then our metrics are wrong! If our frameworks are unable to ensure unrestricted humanitarian access, protection of civilians, and respect for international law, then our frameworks need urgent reform!   The #SDGs are a promise. Promises are judged by those most at risk. Until #Gaza #eats, the world has not progressed! #SDGs #ZeroHunger #Gaza #LeaveNoOneBehind #HumanitarianAccess #Accountability #HumanRights #SustainableDevelopment #PeaceJustice #GlobalHealth