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    Time for Action

    Jan 23, 2020 3 minutes
    By Liu Zhenmin
    Copyedited by Rebeca Toledo

    The author is UN under secretary general for economic and social affairs

    UN member states have committed to a decade of action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. There is no time for delay.

    According to UN estimates in the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020 report, the global economy sank to a recent low in 2019. World GDP growth slipped to 2.3 percent, while world trade growth slowed to

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