Press Release – UNDP Staff and members of Kiribati Parliament engaged in a knowledge sharing session in Tarawa, joined by their counterparts in other Pacific Island countries in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Tonga online. (Photo: Kiribati parliament) (Tarawa, Kiribati) …
Staff and members of Kiribati Parliament engaged in a knowledge sharing session in Tarawa, joined by their counterparts in other Pacific Island countries in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Tonga online. (Photo: Kiribati parliament)
(Tarawa, Kiribati) – Parliamentarians have a unique opportunity and constitutional responsibility to promote and monitor the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Staff and members of Kiribati Parliament engaged in a knowledge sharing session with their counterparts in other Pacific Island countries in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Tonga, to enhance their role in implementing the SDGs.
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 5:28 am
Staff
and members of Kiribati Parliament engaged in a knowledge
sharing session in Tarawa, joined by their counterparts in
other Pacific Island countries in Fiji, Solomon Islands and
Tonga online. (Photo: Kiribati
parliament)
(Tarawa, Kiribati)
– Parliamentarians have a unique opportunity and
constitutional responsibility to promote and monitor the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Staff and members of Kiribati Parliament engaged in a
knowledge sharing session with their counterparts in other
Pacific Island countries in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Tonga,
to enhance their role in implementing the SDGs.
The
two-day knowledge sharing session that concluded today was
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