Dubai: Expo 2020 Dubai is hosting its seventh themed week, entitled ‘Global Goals’ as part of its ‘Programme for People and Planet’ from January 15 to 22
As part of this programme, Expo is working in partnership the United Nations and its Global Goals. The UN Global Goals Week is held in New York, but is being hosted at Expo this time, marking an unprecedented departure from tradition.
While some of the interaction will take place at the media zone at Opportunity Pavilion, several other events have been organised in different areas to commemorate the important week. Maher Nasser, commissioner-general of UN at Expo and Sconaid McGeachin, senior vice-president of communications at Expo, on Monday provided details of the programmes planned for the event.
Why Dubai?
Providing a background on the importance Global Goals Week and the need to host it at Dubai, Nasser said: “We are aiming to fulfil the 17 Sustainable Global Development Goals (SDG) adopted by the UN in 2015 by 2030. All the countries of the world have a stake in this and we are in the second year of the decade of action that we announced and we are trying to see how best to fulfil these goals.”