1. Dho Young-shim, Chair of the UN World Tourism Organization (WTO)'s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) Foundation was appointed as a Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocate by the UN Secretary-General on January 19.

2. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed 17 world-famous figures, including Chair Dho, President John Mahama of Ghana, Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, Chairman and CEO Ma Yun of Alibaba Group, and soccer player Messi, as SDGs Advocates, who will assist the UN Secretary-General with efforts to attain the SDGs by 2030.

◦ The Advocates will promote the participation of new stakeholders and the partnership among the government, civil society and the private sector in the process of implementing the SDGs, while carrying out various PR activities, including raising the awareness on the SDGs.

3. ST-EP Chair Dho, who has served in the Millennium Development Goals Advocacy (MDGs) Group since 2010, is the only ROK national to be appointed to work as a SDGs Advocate as well. In this light, she is expected to play a pivotal role in the efforts of the ROK as an exemplary middle-power donor country to contribute to the attainment of the SDGs by the international community.

4. The ROK government, by supporting developing countries’ efforts to implement the SDGs and implementing them at home, will contribute actively to the international efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development.


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