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DUBAI (WAM)
Minister of State for Financial Affairs, Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini, met with the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohamed, at the Ministry of Finance's Diwan in Dubai.
Among the attendees were the Acting Assistant Under-Secretary of the International Financial Relationship Sector at the UAE Ministry of Finance, Ali Abdullah Sharafi, and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin.
During the meeting, both sides discussed the importance of global partnerships to achieve sustainability and areas of cooperation between the two parties.
Al Hussaini stressed the importance of supporting sustainable development through diversifying and developing funding sources, mobilising capital, and simplifying access to financing to enhance economic prosperity. This affirms that the UAE is making the utmost effort with international institutions' partners to achieve this.
In turn, Mohamed praised the partnership between the UAE and the UN, which reflects both parties' deep commitment to achieving a better world.
Moreover, she pointed out the role of the UAE in launching initiatives aimed at accelerating the implementation of the goals of the global sustainability agenda and its keenness to develop innovative solutions for sustainable development goals and mobilise the necessary support to achieve them.
