A senior official from Cambodia’s Ministry of Planning spoke at a United Nations high-level forum, reaffirming Cambodia’s commitment to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the basis of the Pentagonal Strategy–Phase I and the National Strategic Development Plan.
A Cambodian delegation from the Ministry of Planning and the Council for the Development of Cambodia attended and spoke at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and the high-level meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which took place from July 7 to 15, 2026, at UN Headquarters in New York, following coordination by Cambodia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Speaking in the general debate of the high-level meeting, ប៉ាន សុបណ្ឌិត, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Planning, reaffirmed Cambodia’s commitment to advancing the SDGs on the basis of the Pentagonal Strategy–Phase I and the National Strategic Development Plan. Emphasising science, technology and innovation (STI) as important tools for accelerating achievement of the SDGs, he called for greater SDG education among children and young people to help build a sustainable future, and for stronger regional and international cooperation to address the development financing gap.
Meanwhile, in the ECOSOC high-level meeting’s session on “Regional perspectives on SDG implementation”, ជី ប៉ូលីដែត, Chief of Cabinet to the Senior Minister and Second Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, highlighted the role of public-private partnerships and innovative financing models in addressing funding gaps for SDG implementation. She also underlined Cambodia’s commitment to multilateralism within ASEAN and through South-South and triangular cooperation, which play an important role in facilitating the exchange of knowledge, expertise and best practices to promote innovative solutions for sustainable development.
By: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
