Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Wednesday said that he will write to the heads of Government of all United Nations member countries asking them to ensure adequate financial and human resources for the effective implementation of child-friendly sustainable development goals (SDGs).
“The world has again acknowledged and reaffirmed that sustainable development is not possible without seriously addressing the issues of children. We are going to write to government leaders of all 193 member countries of the UN to act vis-a-vis prioritising the child-friendly SDGs to ensure adequate financial and human resources for their effective implementation. We will also reach out to each state in India to implement child-friendly initiatives,” said Satyarthi, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.
He added that civil society should come out more strongly in this regard and ensure that these SDGs related to children are accomplished. Satyarthi last week addressed the United Nations General Assembly Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit where he highlighted the need for governments to put children first and prioritise the child-related SDGs.
Talking about the roadmap for facilitating effective implementation of the SDGs, Satyarthi said he plans to involve 100 million youths to become the “champions” of the cause of “left out” children.