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Where We Stand
- Rising conflicts and violent organized crime persist around the world, causing immense human suffering and hampering sustainable development.
- Forcibly displaced people reached unprecedented 120 million in May 2024. Civilian casualties in armed conflicts surged by 72% in 2023.
- Corruption continues to divert resources from sustainable development, with one in five people reporting being asked to pay or having paid a bribe to a public official in the last 12 months.
- Governments globally struggle to restore pre-COVID-19 budget reliability amid new international pressures affecting economies that have increased budget expenditures beyond initial approvals.
UN DESA, UNODC, UNDP, with support of interested UN entities, organized an Expert Group Meeting on SDG 16 and its interlinkages with other SDGs in New York on 7 May 2024, back-to-back with the SDG16 Conference (UNDESA, Permanent Mission of Italy and IDLO) on 6 May, to inform the thematic review at 2024 HLPF.
To learn more about promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels, please download this PDF here: https://hlpf.un.org/sites/
Source: UNDESA