Lao govt reaffirms the commitments to its Sustainable Development Goals programme

Professor Dr Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune. - Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The government has reaffirmed its continuing commitment to speed up efforts to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD PoA), Deputy Prime Minister Prof. Dr Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune has said.

Addressing the National Conference on Population and Development 2023 in Vientiane - the first of its kind held in Laos - the DPM said the SDGs and the ICPD PoA can be realised through “the National Socio-Economic Development Plan, sectoral strategies and policies, including the National Population and Development Policy, in close collaboration and with substantive support from all development partners to achieve three transformative results: zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet need for family planning, and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices, including child marriage.”