《联合国对华可持续发展合作框架》联合指导委员会成立

中国网5月24日讯 《联合国对华可持续发展合作框架（2021-2025年）》联合指导委员会成立会议于5月23日在商务部副部长和联合国驻华协调员的共同主持下举行。中方政府代表和联合国驻华系统代表与会。

联合指导委员会成立会议与会人士

在开幕致辞中，商务部副部长兼国际贸易谈判副代表王受文和联合国驻华协调员常启德重申了联合指导委员会作为《联合国对华可持续发展合作框架》最高执行管理机构的重要性，强调了委员会为加强联合国与中国合作、指导联合国在华项目工作提供的机遇。

商务部副部长兼国际贸易谈判副代表王受文表示：“在《联合国可持续发展合作框架》的指导下，中国和联合国发展机构将进一步深化合作，支持中国经济发展，助力世界更好实现可持续发展目标。商务部愿继续与中方有关政府部门协调，与联合国发展系统携手，推动《联合国对华可持续发展合作框架》的有效实施。

王受文就加强中国与联合国的合作提出三点建议。一是在《合作框架》“以人为本，共同繁荣”、“保护地球”、“强化伙伴关系”三大优先事项下落实承诺，加强示范效应。二是加大创新力度，产出更多成果，利用联合国的专长、专家和全球网络，扩大与中国在数字经济、气候变化、可再生能源等领域的合作。三是加强中国与其他发展中国家的经验交流，促进共同发展。

商务部副部长兼国际贸易谈判副代表王受文

联合国驻华协调员常启德在发言中表示：“联合国常务副秘书长阿明娜·穆罕默德女士曾说，为了重新定位联合国，‘我们必须颠覆正统’。这正是联合国发展系统改革的核心精神。联合指导委员会的核心任务是确定领域和新机遇，以确保我们的工作与中国和其他国家在发展领域已经开展的工作保持相关并增添价值。”

联合国驻华协调员常启德

会议还进行了专题小组讨论。讨论期间，《联合国可持续发展合作框架》下的各位成果和专题小组主席报告了《合作框架》的执行进展情况，强调了过去一年该框架三大优先事项取得的成果。来自商务部、外交部、国家卫生健康委员会、中华全国妇女联合会和生态环境部等部门的中方政府代表为联合国在华未来工作提供了指导。

联合国开发计划署驻华代表白雅婷就“强化伙伴关系”成果小组工作作报告

活动结束时，商务部国际经贸关系司司长余本林和联合国驻华协调员常启德一致同意，联合国和中国政府将继续紧密携手合作，落实《合作框架》。双方还强调了利用中国的资源和经验造福其他发展中国家、回应发展中国家诉求的机遇，以期支持广大发展中国家实现可持续发展目标，达成更可持续、更公正的未来。

商务部余本林司长

下一次联合指导委员会会议将于2023年春季举行。

英文原文：

24 May, BEIJING - The inaugural meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (“JSC”) of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for China (2021-2025) (“UNSDCF”) was held yesterday under the joint chairmanship of the Vice Minister of Commerce and the UN Resident Coordinator. The meeting saw the strong participation of representatives of the Government of China and the UN Country Team in China. 

In their opening remarks, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy China International Trade Representative Wang Shouwen and UN Resident Coordinator Siddharth Chatterjee reiterated the importance of the JSC as the highest governing structure for the implementation of UNSDCF in China. They highlighted the opportunity provided by the Committee to strengthen the UN-China collaboration and guide the programmatic work of the Organization in the country. 

“Under the guidance of the UNSDCF, China and UN development agencies will further deepen cooperation, support China’s economic development, and help the world better achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. MOFCOM is willing to continue coordinating with relevant Chinese government departments and work with the UN development system for the effective implementation of the UNSDCF.” said Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy China International Trade Representative.

Vice Minister Wang put forward three proposals to enhance China-UN collaboration, including: i) to deliver on commitments and enhance demonstration effect under the three priorities of the Cooperation Framework, including People and Prosperity, Planet, and Partnerships; ii) to innovate more and harvest more, tapping into UN’s expertise, experts and global networks, and scaling up collaboration with China in digital economy, climate change, renewable energy, etc.; and iii) to strengthen experience sharing and promote common development between China and other developing countries.

“The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said that ‘we have to flip the orthodoxy’ for the repositioning of the UN. This is the core spirit of the UN development system reforms. It is the core mandate of the JSC to identify areas and new opportunities to ensure our work remains relevant and adds value to what China and others are doing already in the development area.” said Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China. 

The inaugural meeting also featured panel discussions during which the chairs of the Results Groups and the Thematic Groups under the UNSDCF reported on the progress on the implementation of the Cooperation Framework. Speakers highlighted the results achieved over the course of the past year under the three priorities of the framework. Representatives of the Government of China, including from the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Health Commission, All-China’s Women’s Federation and Ministry of Ecology and Environment provided their guidance for the work of the UN in China going forward. 

In closing the event, Director-General Yu Benlin of the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and the UN Resident Coordinator Chatterjee agreed that the UN and the Government of China will continue to work in lockstep to implement the Cooperation Framework. They also underscored the opportunity to leverage China’s resources and experiences to the benefit of other developing countries, in response to their needs, with a view to support them in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and realize a more sustainable and just future. 

The next JSC meeting will take place in the spring of 2023.