The agreement aims to enhance the partnership between Saudi Arabia and the UN to accelerate their joint efforts to deliver progress on sustainable development in Saudi Arabia and meet the goals outlined in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the UN 2030 Agenda, as well as the socioeconomic ambitions of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Maria Helena ANDRE, Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’Activities (ACTRAV)
ACTRAV INFO: The ILO is launching two key publications for trade unions. Why are the UN Reforms and SDGs so important for trade unions? Yes, today we are launching two publications with important and interlinked messages for trade union actions.
The first is one of our flagship publications titled “United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation and the Decent Work Agenda: A trade union reference manual”. The ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work stresses the importance of multilateralism and the need for the office to play its role in ensuring policy coherence within the multilateral system. It is therefore in line with this mandate that the publication is aimed at expanding the knowledge base of workers on the interlinkages between UN Cooperation Frameworks, Agenda 2030/SDGs and the Decent Work Agenda. Workers’ organizations should be more active in the UN sustainable develo