The president of the United Nations General Assembly has appointed Hungary as co-chair, alongside Kenya, of inter-governmental talks on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the ambassador of Hungary’s permanent representative said.

Hungary has not received such a major appointment in the UN over the past two decades, Csaba Kőrösi said. The UN Secretary General and the president of the General Assembly noted that the preparation of the SDGs is possibly the organisation’s largest undertaking. Hungary was appointed on March 14 to co-chair, for 18 months, a series of inter-governmental talks about the key elements of the SDGs for 2015-2030. “Our appointment is down to the success of Hungarian diplomacy and the expression of strong confidence by developed countries and developing countries.”

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)