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15 Jul 2025, 04:15 GMT+10
(250714) -- UNITED NATIONS, July 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua (2nd R) speaks at the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 at the UN headquarters in New York, on July 14, 2025. With only five years to go, merely 35 percent of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track, while nearly half are stalling and 18 percent have regressed, according to a UN report released on Monday. (Xinhua/Xie E)
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