CIBJO 2030 Agenda for SD
United Nations publishes CIBJO statement
to
ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum on SD
The
Office of the United Nations Secretary General has announced the publication of
statements delivered by NGOs affiliated to the UN Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC), for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (SD)
that is currently taking place. Only 179 statements from the more than 5,400
NGOs affiliated to ECOSOC were published, and among them was the declaration
delivered by CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation.
Representing
the international jewellery sector in the key UN agency, which is responsible
for promoting the body’s Sustainable Development Goals, CIBJO became the first
and only jewellery industry organisation in ECOSOC when it received special
consultative status in 2006.
“CIBJO,
the World Jewellery Confederation, remains committed to the implementation of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to furthering this objective
through the leadership, educational activities and other services that it
provides globally within the greater jewellery industry, along its full value
chain, from the mining regions through to the retail markets.
More
specifically, it supports the theme of the 2020 ECOSOC High-Level segment
‘Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action
and delivery for sustainable development,’ obligating itself to sustained
action within its sector and among its stakeholders during the final ten years of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” CIBJO declared at the opening of
its statement.
The
CIBJO statement referred specifically to the current coronavirus pandemic and
its impact on communities dependent upon revenues generated by jewellery, precious
metals and gemstones.
“The
current COVID-19 pandemic, which poses massive health and economic challenges
to the world community in general, represents a particular risk to the sector
that CIBJO serves, and more particularly to those individuals and communities
in developing countries, who rely on the support and economic leverage provided
by the jewellery, precious metals and gemstone sectors, which currently are
under threat.
At
the same time, new technologies and processes that are being applied to cope
with the pandemic and its various impacts provide the promise of improving
CIBJO’s ability to better serve its stakeholders beyond the crisis. Most
importantly, COVID-19, which does not discriminate between people, nations and
regions, underscores the degree to which all of humanity is interdependent,” it
noted.
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