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Motion in House to ensure UN 2030 goals are met
View(s):A motion signed by fourteen MPs for the setting up of a Select Committee of Parliament to look into and make recommendations to ensure that Sri Lanka achieves the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.
The Motion will be moved by UPFA MP Duleep Wijesekera and has been signed by MPs Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana, Buddhika Pathirana, Lucky Jayawardana, Anura Sidney Jayarathne, S. M. Marikkar, Abdullah Mahrooff, Hector Appuhamy, Chandima Gamage, Mohamed Navavi, K. K. Piyadasa, ( Mrs.) Vijayakala Maheswaran, A. Aravindh Kumar, Dharmalingam Sithadthan and Lasantha Alagiyawanna.
The Motion states that Sri Lanka had endorsed UN Sustainable Development Goals which constitutes an interlinked framework fusing together economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and as Parliament is at the forefront in realising these goals through their lawmaking, budgeting and oversight functions, there is the need that a Select Committee of Parliament be appointed.
The Committee, the Motion states, should be tasked with formulating National Policies and legislating laws in consultation with relevant line Ministries; allocating adequate domestic resources and finding international funding resources; coordinating among Government implementing Agencies and networking measures at National, Provincial and Local levels.
It also states that the Committee should work towards encouraging public-private partnership; obtaining the support of United Nations Agencies and civil society organisations; sharing expertise and experiences among countries at regional and international levels.