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Professor Ivelaw Griffith, Judith Wedderburn and Peter Espeut, speaking with host Earl Moxam on the latest edition of That's a Rap, on Sunday, March 9
Noted Caribbean-American academic, Professor Ivelaw Griffith has pointed to grave implications for Caribbean countries arising from the decision of the United States to withdraw from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Last week the Trump administration declared its rejection of the key global goals adopted by nations unanimously in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, aimed at tackling global environmental and social challenges.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals refer to the 17 categories of goals for Sustainable Development, with the aim to protect the planet and improve the quality of life globally.
Its targets include ending poverty and hunger, improving education, and protecting the environment.
Griffith, a Fellow with the Caribbean Policy Consortium and Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC., speaking Sunday on Radio Jamaica's That's a Rap, said the realignment and withdrawal are sending the wrong signal.
Civil Society and Community Advocate Judith Wedderburn, who was also on the programme, urged small island states to band together coordinate their efforts towards attaining as many of the development goals envisaged as possible.
In a similar vein, sociologist Peter Espeut, argued that it is in the greater interest of developing countries to work towards realising those development objectives without the involvement of the United States, which has different priorities.
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