Strengthening Pakistan's Path to the SDGs: A Comprehensive Review of the UN Partnership and Challenges Ahead.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2027 for Pakistan6 is a compact between the UN and the Government of Pakistan that is nationally owned and reflects national development priorities. The world must move beyond words and excuses and take immediate action to address systemic shortcomings and the funding needs of developing countries if the SDGs are to be achieved by 2030. Numerous Pakistanis are now working in the UN system in many countries across the globe, helping communities in some of the world's most challenging environments.3,4 International UN professionals comprise the remaining 9 percent of UN staff in Pakistan, with just over 300 here at any one time. [Extracted from the article]