{"id":18249,"date":"2016-06-23T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=18249"},"modified":"2016-06-24T14:58:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:58:27","slug":"ban-marks-un-public-service-day-with-call-for-shared-drive-to-achieve-sustainability-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/06\/ban-marks-un-public-service-day-with-call-for-shared-drive-to-achieve-sustainability-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban marks ±¬ÁÏÍø Public Service Day with call for shared drive to achieve sustainability agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The efforts of women and men engaged in public service are crucial to the implementation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/post2015\/transformingourworld\">2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a>, United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/\">Secretary-General<\/a> Ban Ki-moon said today, paying tribute to public servants on the day set aside by the General Assembly to spotlight their invaluable contributions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div id=\"story-content\" class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"span8\">\n<div id=\"fullstory\">\n<p>\u201cEach <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/sdgs\">Sustainable Development Goal<\/a> is linked to the delivery of public service: from health to education, from safety to the rule of law [and] from water and energy to economic policies and beyond,\u201d the Secretary-General said in his message on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/publicserviceday\/2016\/sgmessage.shtml\">United Nations Public Service Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paying tribute to the women and men engaged in public service in all countries for their dedication to excellence, the ±¬ÁÏÍø chief also noted the need for a diverse, ethical competent, equipped and well-resourced public service in every country, and that it needs to be dedicated to effectively serving people and improving the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the staff of the United Nations, the Secretary-General said: \u201cAcross 10 years leading this noble organization, I marvel at their dedication and professionalism every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, let us to create an environment where public service can flourish with creativity, innovation and a shared drive to realize the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/post2015\/transformingourworld\">2030 Agenda<\/a>,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=54306#.V2xM1_krLcs\" target=\"_blank\">±¬ÁÏÍø News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The efforts of women and men engaged in public service are crucial to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, paying tribute to public servants on the day set aside by the General Assembly to spotlight their invaluable contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sustainable-development-agenda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}