On Thursday, July 16, 2026, Sandra Paulemon, Haiti's Minister of Planning and External Cooperation, participated as a respondent in the Ministerial Panel of the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), dedicated to accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In her remarks, Minister Paulemon presented a clear assessment of the challenges that countries continue to face. She believes that progress in achieving the SDGs remains insufficient, uneven, and, in many contexts, weakened by overlapping crises.

Echoing the priorities of Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé's government, the Minister emphasized the need to rethink development financing mechanisms to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

"There can be no credible acceleration of the SDGs without economic justice. There can be no sustainable progress without accessible financing, debt relief, equitable access to technology, national capacity building, and reform of the international financial architecture so that developing countries have a stronger voice in global economic governance," the Minister stated.

She advocated for a more equitable approach to implementing the SDGs, one better adapted to the realities and vulnerabilities of developing countries.

"It is becoming necessary to reconsider the SDGs, not to weaken them, but to make them more operational, more adapted to national realities, and more sensitive to the specific vulnerabilities of countries." The SDGs must remain a shared goal, but their implementation must better address the security, climate, humanitarian, economic, and institutional shocks affecting fragile States.

The Minister also drew the international community's attention to the need to better integrate the multidimensional vulnerability of Caribbean states, including Haiti, into mechanisms for accessing international financing. She emphasized that the security, humanitarian, social, economic, and climate challenges facing Haiti necessitate an integrated approach that combines security, recovery, stabilization, territorial planning, and productive investments.

"Insecurity affects mobility, access to public services, education, markets, investment, agricultural production, and social cohesion," explained the Minister, who added, however, "Haiti does not come to this forum solely with the language of crisis. Haiti also comes with a vision. Our priority is to refocus public action on planning, coherence, territorialization, and results."

She is convinced that the SDGs must be implemented at the municipal, neighborhood, production, school, health center, local infrastructure, and essential services levels.

According to the Minister, the country's priority is to restore minimum security conditions; strengthen territorial planning; invest in economic and social infrastructure; create jobs, particularly for young people and women; support agriculture, small and medium-sized enterprises, and local supply chains; and better align external cooperation with national priorities.

Paulémon also emphasized the need to strengthen the effectiveness of international cooperation so that it sustainably supports the national development priorities defined by the Haitian authorities. She reiterated that external aid must contribute to strengthening national institutions and produce concrete results for the benefit of the population.

"Haiti needs partners, but above all, structured partnerships that respect its priorities and are capable of supporting national institutions over the long term," the Minister stated.

During her address, she also announced Haiti’s intention to launch a voluntary self-assessment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2027 to evaluate progress made, identify persistent challenges, and strengthen the integration of the 2030 Agenda into national planning.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-47987-haiti-new-york-minister-paulemon-pleads-for-accelerating-the-implementation-of-the-sdgs.html

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