How SDGs Relate to the IPoA’s Priority Areas For the LDCs

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How SDGs Relate to the IPoA’s Priority Areas For the LDCs
The Istanbul Program of Action (IPoA) was implemented during the Fourth United Nations (UN) Conference in 2011 for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The IPoA was established to help the LDCs since their natural and human resources have a significant influence on world economic growth, prosperity, and welfare. Indeed, it has eight priority areas that can assist the LDCs to achieve equitable, inclusive, and sustained economic growth and increase the production capacity. Similarly, the UN General Assembly established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, with the primary objective of helping all countries, the LDCs included, to address various challenges that affect their economic growth. These seventeen goals are based on the principle of not leaving anyone behind. Both the IPoA’s eight priority areas and the seventeen SDGs relate with each other in one way or another, and they promote the well-being of people in different parts of the world.
The first three SDGs, namely no poverty, good well-being and health, and zero hunger, relate to the IPoA’s food security, rural, and agricultural development priority. The UN goals of eradicating poverty and hunger require people to donate the things they do not use and avoid throwing food away. Besides, about 836 million individuals live in abject poverty, and more than one-third of the food in the world is wasted (UN.org). People’s good well-being and health can be achieved through vaccination to prevent the spread of various diseases. Based on the IPoA, food security in the LDCs can be achieved by increasing agricultural production, namely fibers, grains, trees, and roots (Lecture 7b 5). Rural development enables highly perishable food products to be transported to the market. For this reason, the majority of individuals get enough food, eliminating hunger and promoting people’s health and well-being.
The IPoA’s productive capacity building relates to the SDGs’ economic growth, partnerships with relevant stakeholders, and sustainable communities and cities. The objective of IPoA is to open up different sectors, such as transport, agriculture, and technology, so that many people can get jobs in the LDCs. When individuals become employed, they get money to provide themselves and their families with necessities in life, such as food, shelter, and clothing. SDGs encourage people to adopt green energy sources and the creation of equal employment opportunities (UN.org). For the LDCs to have sustainable communities and cities, the public should contribute to the elimination of pollution by reducing the carbon footprint. By forming partnerships with relevant stakeholders, the LDCs can improve the lives of many individuals, which can be done by allowing public participation.
The IPoA’s priority on trade and commodities go hand-in-hand with the SDGs’ responsible production and consumption, innovation, infrastructure, and industry. Specifically, the LDCs have human skills and natural resources. The only thing they lack is an appropriate means of production. One of the ways in which these nations can benefit ...