Rencontre des Responsables de la Jeunesse à Hendaye pour le partage d’expériences Hendaye, le 18 07 19   Les représentants de la Jeunesse …

Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu took part in the  opening of “LOCAL 2030 - Local Action for Global Commitments”, the second panel of the VII High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2019, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where he stressed that the Basque Country shares the vision of a People-focused world, committed to protecting the Planet and coexisting in Peace; capable of generating Prosperity by means of a Partnership model, which is called “auzolana” in Basque.

The Basque Government delegation led by the Lehendakari met with the New York Mayor’s Office, represented by the Deputy Mayor of New York, Phil Thompson, and the Senator of the State of New York, James Sanders. After the meeting, the Lehendakari, the Deputy Mayor and the Senator answered the journalists’ questions.

There have been two Sustainable Bond issues by the Basque Country, raising €1,100 million, for environmental and social projects linked to the 2030 Agenda Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu, the Basque Premier, is taking part in the United Nations’ High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2019, held to assess global progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs. The Lehendakari will report on the advances being made in the Basque Country as regards sustainable development. Today, specifically, he took part in the HLPF session entitled “Are we on track for mobilizing the trillions we need for the SDGs?”.