Amman mayor concludes participation in UN forum

AMMAN — Amman Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh on Sunday concluded his participation in the fifth edition of the “Local and Regional Governments Forum-Fostering the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals from the Local Level towards the 2023 SDG Summit”, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The forum was held at the UN Headquarters in New York, on the occasion of the 2022 United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF).

In a statement last Thursday, he noted that the launch of Amman’s first Voluntary Local Review (VLR) coincided with the launch of the second Voluntary National Review (VNR) for Jordan, under the supervision of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.

Shawarbeh affirmed that the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) has supported efforts towards implementing all goals related to sustainable development

The two reviews contribute to identifying urban development priorities and achieving compatibility between national and local efforts, overcoming obstacles that prevent the achievement of the sustainable development goals and verifying the quality and validity of the data and evidence used in both documents, he noted. 

On the sidelines of his participation in the forum, Shawarbeh met with UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Rola Dashti to discuss bolstering cooperation between GAM and ESCWA in the field of urban development and data.