it was an ambitious plan in 2015, the global community set out to end extreme poverty and hunger and sore universal access to quality education saved under a quality stop climate change and manage our fine art resources responsibly. and those are just some of the 17 sustainable development goals, the you instead itself to secure a better future for all by the year 2030. well now halfway there, the world is falling, short. progress has been slow and in some cases is even going backwards. in new york member states are meeting to get the plan back on track. leaders have adopted a political declaration reaffirming their commitments to the goals, but it remains unclear how they're planning to reach them. i'm the goal for elation . berlin and this is the day. the

vs the geez, i'm just the least the goals they created, the hopes, dreams, the rights and the expectations of people everywhere as the cheese will remain tri blueprint for humanity. and will continue to be our guide to the live of peace, prosperity, progress, and inability to today. only 15 percent of the thought of goods out on select. and many out of going into the verse is only 15 percent of the sustainable development goals are met. that is a failure also on the day, the death of a young woman at the hands of ron's morality police a year ago sparked a movement across the country, demanding rights for women and democracy today. others are vowing to keep that movement. the allies in the name of deena masa armine, if you stop right now,

everything that we've done in the past, all of these and just forget about the products and all these a life that have been lost. there is no justice for them. so if anything, coverage and attention should be even more than the 1st few weeks. welcome to the day. it's good to have you with us. the 193 members of the united nations have unanimously reaffirmed their commitments to achieving the sustainable development goals. the rear sides, the entire world, agree on something. and it speaks volumes about what's at stake here. adopted in 2015. the sustainable development goals are a to do list a 17 point rescue plan for ending or at least administering the greatest threats facing the greatest number of people on this planet. but today, as an un secretary general himself said that rescue plan needs rescuing

the u. n. chief was all smiles as he walked into the opening ceremony of the annual un general assembly. but his message to world leaders was anything but cheerful, excellent, sees as the jews needs a global rescue plan. the sustainable goals are the center piece of this year's international gathering. gutierrez says they provide the best road map out of today's many crises. so the asg is out of just the least the goals they created, the hopes, dreams, the rights and the expectations of people. every with yep. today, only 15 percent of the targets are on track a and many out of going in reverse the s t g. so we're sustainable development pools are made up of 17 targets. it is

so design that were adopted by all member states in 2015 and ambitious blueprint toward to do list, which includes funding climate change, protecting our oceans, combating disease, eradicating poverty, ensuring quality education and gender quality this year and marks the halfway point for keeping the 2030 deadline and according to the latest progress report, the world is in trouble. only some 15 percent of targets are on track to be reached by 2030, close to half or moderately, or severely off track. and some 37 percent have either seen no movement or regressed below the 2015 baseline. as we marked the mid points of the 2013 agenda, i have to remind you that if only 15 percent of the sustainable development goals

are met, that is a failure. on recent years, the u. n. has turned to more and more to young people, for hope, vitality, and a measure of guilt. when it comes to getting governments and corporations to act, we are the young people of the world, demanding you as the leaders of the world to fulfill your obligations to new york in cities across the world, climate protesters took to the streets ahead of this week's gathering demanding world leaders help protect future generations. and in the use of fossil fuels, the u. n says now is the time for leaders to prove they are listening and keep the pledge as they made. let's take a closer look and bring and daniel 40. he's a senior you, an analyst of the international crisis group, and he joins us tonight from new york. mr. 40, welcome to the day. those half time for the as the jeez. and the not looking good.

has the 2030 agenda failed? we don't think it's fail, but there's serious challenges in many of the areas for countries all around the world. the statistics are clear, very few of the goals overall will be on track. many of them are actually in reverse. these are essential issues for populations all around the world. it's about access to clean water, having a safe environment and escaping poverty. and these are the standards that most civilizations are holding their leaders to adjust for weather progress can be made over the next few years. it's hard to see, but at this rate there needs to be a serious push for improvement on the as the genius. and that's why the secretary general has tried to make this event. the central piece of this year is high level leak. all right, so what are the main hurdles in achieving the goals? there are lots of issues. i think most importantly there is financial issues. there

are governance issues and there are policy issues in many of these countries. each country has its own specific context and that makes it challenging to draw universal trends. but we've seen in broader terms how the prioritization of the stds is not always very common in the countries that need this recovery and support the most. many of these countries that are cheap, the lowest progress on as the g r c and reversals, and many of these areas are those that face significant governance challenges have issues with our conflicts and are really struggling to deliver for the populations basic needs. yeah, there are though, of course, states that we have more power in advancing the entire world towards the same cheese, who are the worst offenders here and who is holding the rest back as well. this has been an interesting debate over the past few months. is how much will lead us to jeez shine at this year's high level. we countries of the so called global south developing countries and publish countries spread over much of the world have tried

to showing might on best. and i've called 4 countries in the global north, the wealthiest countries of the world, to provide more development support, to live up to their commitments on climates and to reform multi lateral institutions that shape a lot of the rules and processes that allow them to implement these basic services at national and local levels. however, we've seen a lot of pushback and challenges from the global north to try and find common ground on this. there has been a lot of hard work over the past few months, leading up to the political declaration that was adopted by world leaders today. however, there's still a lot more to be done from high reach an agreement on a political declaration to actually implementing commitments. many of these countries on their international partners have had. yeah, i want to talk about the financial aspect that you mentioned earlier because multi lateral development banks, such as the world bank, were supposed to be key in helping countries at c v as the g 's. but critics now argue that the current system is holding sustainable development back. why is that?

one of the things we've noticed over the past few months is the prominence of conversations and now performing the multi lateral development banks to identify the world bank. there are lots of different challenges that countries in the global south point to whether it's on the lack of depth alleviation that these countries can offer and access from the world banks. whether it's predictable development assistance channel through them and the ease of accessing that money. and also governance issues who controls these development banks? whose priorities are they responding to and how easily come these countries engage with them. we've noticed over the past few months, the countries in the global north have started to hear and listen to these concerns more carefully. but again, making progress on such a difficult multi lateral issue cannot be done overnight and certainly not during the next couple of days of the high level scientists. and these conversations will need to continue elsewhere and capitals around the world, especially in washington dc. how do we start changing course?

it's a good question. i think the most important thing that we've noticed in multi lateral conversations and context on all issues is a lack of trust that's very apparent in the us concepts and especially with issues around development and serving the needs of the most vulnerable people in the world . this is a hard challenge to overcome, but having events like the s p g summit, having countries go on to the world stage tomorrow and for the rest of the week. and explicitly acknowledge that they hear that concerns of their partners and are willing to work with them to give them development support and live up to those commitments. is an important not just for helping countries meet the s p, jeez, but also actually reducing the likelihood of instability and arm conflict and many of these areas and have negative repercussions throughout the world. and those negative repercussions i want to, i want to briefly before i let you go talk about those. what happens if we don't

manage to turn the tie? what will our world look like in 2030. if we don't meet the goals a look, i think we'll be seeing a lot more of the trends that we've noticed over the past few years. you know, poverty, deacon, nomic, crazies, internet up themselves. do not be enough to arm conflict directly, but they do make governments less prepared to handle the shocks that we're seeing, whether it's floods and other natural disasters. whether it's uprisings from different parts of the population who will no longer tolerate governments that are not providing support and you know, basic services. and that needs to be improved over time. and if we don't see these, we'll see more pushes from these populations to have changes in government leaders to push for more secure a tire rotation. possibly even more rises in our movements that are looking to spread across regions. and, you know, commit acts of violent, extreme is of and the, you know, as we seen in places like the saw hill and central asia, these can have negative repercussions for not just countries,

but entire regions of data, 40 of the international crisis group. thank you so much for your input, combating poverty and hunger, our goals, number one and 2, and as big contributing factors to child mortality, they are among the top priorities at the sustainable development summit in new york . in the past few years, india, i've seen a drop in infant and child mortality rates. apart from the national government, grassroot workers have been instrumental and improving child health. you know, we used when you're a child, you met one of the people making a difference in building 45 little community health, little plug pretty small books is with a new mother in her neighborhood today. the mother so rich have just given birth to her 2nd daughter. it would be for 6 months. make sure that you just especially the baby know of the food a 100 are gonna disable these visits of course. and for some reason i've pushed my head so hard with the essentially medicaid guidance,

nutritional needs for her. and the 2 boys had made me, but that every month when i was pregnant, she would visit regularly. tell me when to go see the doctor. she would also provide basic medicines and advise me on the right diet, but she also make sure that my kids get their vaccinations on time. push not as one of the thousands of wash all the codes, or actually did it, for she has an active, is in the country employed by the government of kato, to be health gave needs of their communities. women like color have played a key role over the box to yours and bringing down the child mortality read in the country. the government data statistics like the new one item insight and under 5 mortality things have seen a significant drop. the sunday boil a public health specialist also think that the actual bulk of program please unimportant shows. we have seen a 30 percent dropping infant mortality from 2015 to 20. according to the government . india has many schemes which has focused on improving the child and america

letterhead and which has led to a consistent decline in the child, as well as america mortality in india. educating people about the various governments schemes is one of the many responsibilities of fish not involving another. i shall go from the same area to get the both of them have ensured that every child in the neighborhood is healthy like theater. one of my, the here who was born under reed, but with bush nods and movies, hes weekly republic. the say was the actual word. there's like us reach places where the doctor's com. we work in the area where we let people know us. early up, people would not take correct medical advice, and after that we have educated them on the right steps to follow, to raise a child and get them important mx nations on time for us. there's not as committed to her book and knows that what she does is crucial. as she believes,

only strong and healthy children would be able to build a better future for themselves. and the country 5 us citizen, so were imprisoned in iran are free. after the 2 states cut a deal that saw nearly $6000000000.00 in a rainy and assets being unfrozen, the 5 americans who the us designated as wrongfully detained, arrived and don't walk a tar together with 2 family members who have previously been prevented from leaving around in return, the us freed 5 iranians who had been convicted or charged with non violent crime. iran also received nearly $6000000000.00 and funds that were frozen in south korea because of international sections around says the money will be used solely for humanitarian purposes. he's so neo as a lawyer focused on international criminal and human rights law and is the director

of the atlanta council strategic litigation project with me. i'm good to see you again. now. ron's president rice. he says, the release of the 5 american arabians was a purely humanitarian action. what do you say to that? is definitely not the, as long as we're a public, has a longstanding policy of what's called a hostage diplomacy. they are arresting and detaining dual nationals and those with ties to countries outside of you wrong simply for the purposes of extracting political concessions, money and other benefits. and so this is a longstanding practice and it's not going to stop any time soon. and unfortunately, this deal will probably just help fuel that practice. mm hm. now this is the, of course, great news for the prisoners and their families. but the critics, and i'm sitting saying that you are one of them argue that this very much legitimizes, this, this hostage diplomacy that you just talked about. so was this not the right move

by the us government? think the thing here is that, you know, we're incredibly thrilled for the families of these hostages, of course, because they have been long suffering. and some of them have been in detention for 8 years, which is an incredibly long time. but the point is that some americans have been left behind, including john should sharma and iranian american german journalist and just sit in who was abducted from to buy in 2020 and who has a death sentence against him. so there are still some people who have been left behind and the release of the unfrozen assets and the amount of $6000000000.00 comes at a time that we're the, as long as the public is incredibly weak. this is also being done just 2 days after the one year mark of the tragic killing of messaging. i mean e, who was arrested by runs were all the police simply for showing a few strands of hair. so to e, ronnie ends and you'll see this, you know, out pouring on social media, they're very dismayed by this. they view this as something that involves america's

interests. but definitely not iranians who are struggling for freedom and democracy . so does this leave dual nationals living and around are visiting around in the more exposed and more dangerous position? i think the bottom line is that people should seriously consider any travel plans before going there if they have for nationality. right now these people are targets and there have been other deals that have been happening. for example, there was a mutual legal assistance treaty struck up between belgium many ron. and it was really to release a humanitarian worker from belgium who had been arrested in iran. but that was an exchange for a convicted terrorist who was formerly and iranian diplomat who had been sentenced by belgium courts. so there's a real price to pay when these people are caught, not only their freedom, but also these kinds of foreign policy. concessions that is being exchanged in release and in return for their release that that price is a heavy price, as you say. what could be done to free the people that are being held wrongfully

without making these concessions? i think where we need to start is to have bent better international coordination between the countries that have the problem of having hostages taken any wrong. i should note it's not only be as long as we're public, that's engaging in this practice of state sponsored hospice taking, we have russia, we have been as well, we have china. so there's many countries that are doing this and there needs to be better coordination. so that if one country strikes to deal with, as long as we're public, that tends to be more favorable. that then does one of our public doesn't think that they can get those same concessions from another country. we need better global coordination and a stronger regime to really address this problem. these $6000000000.00 is that the us unfroze as part of the deal. the white house says it's restricted to 2 minutes here and he goes by around. but some republicans have argued that the machine will just take the money and run, which one in your opinion is more likely. and i think the more important point here

is simply that up right after the one year mark of what was the trigger point for extended nationwide protests against this regime? any kind of, i'm freezing of assets when this regime is so weakened, is a signal that the start is close going to continue. it's a signal that the bite in administration is not prioritizing human rights issues and is not standing alongside the iranian dissidents who are really asking for different things. they are asking for support in their fight against as long as for public and for basic human rights and dignity and working on these issues does not support them. this is about something different and what they're calling for is really a path forward to basically have greater freedoms, greater political and civil freedoms in our country. so just to wrap this up, would you say the united states have left the rain and people down and striking

this deal? i think that last fall saw from the us government in terms of supporting the removal from this moment for public from the un commission on the status of women, a supporting the establishment of the united nations fact finding mission on iran and for having high level us officials like secretary of state antony, blinking, making statements and taking meetings with the running just so that we're not seeing any of that activity anymore. it seems to be that there is now an acceptance that those on the republic is here to stay. and i'm not seeing the kinds of options from the us government that defendants are asking about. human rights defenders are demanding. so i really hope that they turn the page and start to go back to remembering what iranian decisions are asking them to do this in the always great speaking to you. thank you. thank you. now this prisoner's lot comes one year after the start of mass of anti government protests and around the tear on regime has been cracking down in demonstration, sparked by the death of geno mazda, i mean,

need to die after being detained for allegedly, failing to wear the mandatory headscarf properly and well, protests have been brutally repressed. elsewhere people are keeping g knows memory alive to nobody's. at abraham reports from washington, d. c. were arranged, urging the world to keep up pressure to sleep. in planning the screw, easiest to know, everyone is finally some want to see runs motor q restored others prefer republic. all are united in one demand. there chanting down with the ceramic republic. it is so beautiful that when it comes to your um, your nation, your country, your people, you put all that differences aside, and then you focus on what's really important, ronnie, you have the merge higgins for auto event a. ronnie,

help organize this riley of the other a year after gina martha. i mean, he died in police custody. she says it's important that the world doesn't look away from what's being done to people anywhere. here. they're suffering that we're not just here having our normal life that we, we are part of them. we are them, we hear them and we want to support them. of course, this is the smallest thing we can do, but that we still have to do this. protest isn't the only way this school bus trans exhibition is another part of an in her close friends where she helped organized a tour of this mobile or exhibition around the dc area. so on the outside, the slogan that's become the calls for the move making you run the timeline of milestones in the movement over the past year on the inside and attempt to walk visitors through what it's like as a woman in the world. this is told in

a very short story or culture is the story telling culture. the story tells of the group of women on their way to teach and monstrous, most of the reasoning attacks them. at the last crucial moment, one woman takes him and the others rise in resolution. the story is fictional, the beam is to share personal feelings of peril and hopes for change to keep the issue alive. even here, if you stop right now, everything that we've done in the past, all of these and just forget about the products and all these a life that have been lost. there is no justice for them. so if anything, coverage and attention should be even more than the 1st few weeks and the ones that attention from people in this building they started at the white house and are now more thing towards new york capital building. because many fear the us government, this is a firm enough when it comes to dealing with the summit for public and many

activists. you're telling me they want to make sure that your policy makers are listening to what do you run in and out of the country, have to say the there are housings of iranian memory. can they have to travel to a run like this policy? the united states put them in at threes, to get address that by dis, stomach vision. many here, flood the slum, increase even they run for more freedom here in the us. that includes being able to speak their truth to the powerful on behalf of people back any of our that's our time, but make sure to stay informed, staying a is and stay in touch. so you can follow our team on twitter or next ads. the, the news i myself, optical underscore florida, instantly with headlines you're looking for, there's always our website and i do hope to see you again tomorrow by the

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