The State of Kuwait stressed the importance of achieving the sustainable development goals for the year 2030 despite the gravity of the current health challenge Combating the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, expressing hope that the international community will witness progress in this area. Top News KUNA: The State of Kuwait stresses the importance of achieving the sustainable development goals for the year 2030 - Political Affairs - 2021/10/09 AM 19:11, 22/3/4 During the speech of the State of Kuwait delivered by the diplomatic attaché of its permanent delegation to the United Nations, Bader Al-Dihani, on Friday evening, during the general debate of the Second Committee of the General Assembly of the International Organization, Al-Dihani expressed the absolute belief of the leadership in the State of Kuwait in the importance of these goals and the many climate, environmental, economic and development gains that can be achieved for all peoples of the world. He praised the work and effectiveness of the second edition of the summit (Sustainable Development Goals Moment) held last month on the sidelines of the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly, which stressed the importance of resuming work in a collective manner "individually" to achieve and activate the goals of He pointed out that the State of Kuwait has been keen from the first day of the spread of the pandemic to support all efforts to confront the various consequences and repercussions internally and externally, explaining that it has supported various countries and peoples through the (COVAX) program with an amount of $ 40 million to promote the equitable distribution of vaccines. Al-Daihani added that Kuwait also contributed through several bodies such as the World Health Organization with a total amount of more than $ 327 million, based on its full conviction that everyone faces the same challenge and shares the same fate.. He pointed out that this contribution comes to enhance multilateral action and complement Kuwait's pioneering and generous development, humanitarian and relief march. "We are still facing the effects of the pandemic on the development and trade situation for all countries of the world, as the past year witnessed a significant economic contraction in terms of international trade as a result of the outbreak of the virus and the decline in economic activity," Dihani said. "Today we see that the situation is more refreshed than it used to be and this will only stimulate revenues. Growth rates should also rise, and after the pandemic we should see greater and more expansion of development activities for developing countries." Al-Dihani pointed to the effective role played by the Kuwait Fund for Development in supporting the development processes of various countries of the world by providing development loans and guarantees that are repaid on long terms and on concessional terms. He pointed out that the Fund has provided more than a thousand loans to more than a hundred beneficiary countries with a total value of more than $ 22 billion.