Imphal joins celebration for SDG
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 23 2015 :
Several organizations and individuals came together to celebrate the upcoming reaffirmation of UN's 193 member countries commitment to 17 International development goals, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at Nupilan Memorial Complex today.
As the UN General Assembly will adopt the '2030 agenda for Sustainable Development' with the aim of saving the people and the planet on September 25, civil societies in welcoming this monumental moment celebrated across the globe.
In India, 15 cities celebrated today including Imphal.
The event was hosted under the theme 'Light the Way- Manipur' and was meant to spread awareness and significance of these goals which will determine the priorities of the Governments for the next one and half decade.
RK Imo Singh, MLA Sagolband AC, and S Saratkumar Sharma, Chairperson, Manipur State Commission for Protection of Child Rights graced the function as chief guest and guest of honour respectively.
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All the participants partook in lighting of the candle to symbolize the hope of prosperity and development.
The celebration was adorned with violin recital by Kabigailiu, Joana Gangmei, M Anshakla, W Lillian, Yumnam Jinet and RK Deepika of Indigenous and Contemporary Music Studies Institute (ICMSI); guitar duet performance by Khawaish and Parash of ICMSI and a musical concert by Bulu Maishnam and Jack.
Babloo Loitongbam, Executive Director, Human Rights Alert in his keynote address said, "SDGs are about our lives.
It targets ending poverty and hunger, improving health and ensuring quality education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change, and protecting our oceans and forests etc by the year 2030" .
He said, "We want the people of Manipur to know the significance of the SDGs and also realize them.
Civil society representatives from Manipur are already in New York to be part of this historic process in the UN Headquarters.
In Imphal too we are putting together a cultural afternoon to welcome the SDGs and to urge our leaders to Light the Way!" .
RK Nolinikanta shared about the significance of the celebration and the need to monitor the 17 goals in the next 15 years.
"The accountability of these dreams will mark the upliftment in our lives and on this planet", he said.
The State event was organized by Human Rights Alert, Big Sisters' League in partnership with Community Network for Empowerment (CONE), Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur (CRAM), Extrajudicial Execution Victims Families Association Manipur (EEVFAM) Indigenous Perspective (IP), Manipur Alliance for Child Rights (MACR), Sustainable Livelihood Forum Manipur (SLFM), and United Voluntary Youth Council (UVYC) various other civil society groups and individuals.