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Dr. Hossam Badrawy attends a national consultation session on Egypt’s pledges towards achieving sustainable development goals

In light of the holding of the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development Goals in September 2023, which gains special importance as it comes in the mid-term period of the 2030 Agenda, especially in light of the many international indicators that indicate a decline in the rates of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at the global level, as he explained The latest special edition of the United Nations Secretary-General’s report on the progress made in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals indicates that the world is considered on track to achieve only 12% of the assessable sustainable development goals. This year’s Sustainable Development Goals Summit represents an opportunity to change course and achieve the necessary breakthrough and momentum to achieve the goals by 2030.
Today, Monday, September 11, 2023, Dr. Hossam Badrawy attended a national consultation session on the pledges of the Arab Republic of Egypt towards achieving the goals of sustainable development. The opening session began with a speech from Her Excellency Dr. Hala Al-Saeed, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, who spoke about the role of Dr. Hossam Badrawy in developing Egypt’s 2030 plan, as well as the role of the National Competitiveness Council as one of the civil society institutions, which is headed by Dr. Badrawi and his support in following up on implementation indicators, as it was necessary to involve all community institutions in formulating and approving pledges, which is the main goal of these consultations. The consultative session witnessed digital interactions between the attendees, the platform, and Dr. Hossam Badrawy, Dr. Hala Al-Saeed, the United Nations representative, Ms. Elena Panova, Dr. Ahmed Kamali, and Dr. Issam helped me enrich the scientific dialogue in the hall. This was followed by a presentation on the proposed national pledges presented by Ms. Dr. Mona Essam – Assistant Minister of Planning and Economic Development for Sustainable Development Affairs. Dr. Maya Morsi, President of the National Council for Women, Eng. Khaled Mustafa, Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Jamil Helmy, Assistant Minister for Sustainable Development Plan Follow-up Affairs, Ashraf Negm, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Investment Bank, Ambassador Hisham Badr, National Coordinator of the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects , Dr. Tariq Qabil, former Minister of Trade and Industry, distinguished members of the House of Representatives, representatives of the private sector and civil society, and a number of leaders of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. The session ended with a summary of the main results of the consultations, which were presented by Dr. Ahmed Kamali, Deputy Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development.

About Dr. Hossam Badrawi

Dr. Hossam Badrawi
He is a politician, intellect, and prominent physician. He is the former head of the Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. He conducted his post graduate studies from 1979 till 1981 in the United States. He was elected as a member of the Egyptian Parliament and chairman of the Education and Scientific Research Committee in the Parliament from 2000 till 2005. As a politician, Dr. Hossam Badrawi was known for his independent stances. His integrity won the consensus of all people from various political trends. During the era of former president Hosni Mubarak he was called The Rationalist in the National Democratic Party NDP because his political calls and demands were consistent to a great extent with calls for political and democratic reform in Egypt. He was against extending the state of emergency and objected to the National Democratic Party's unilateral constitutional amendments during the January 25, 2011 revolution. He played a very important political role when he defended, from the very first beginning of the revolution, the demonstrators' right to call for their demands. He called on the government to listen and respond to their demands. Consequently and due to Dr. Badrawi's popularity, Mubarak appointed him as the NDP Secretary General thus replacing the members of the Bureau of the Commission. During that time, Dr. Badrawi expressed his political opinion to Mubarak that he had to step down. He had to resign from the party after 5 days of his appointment on February 10 when he declared his political disagreement with the political leadership in dealing with the demonstrators who called for handing the power to the Muslim Brotherhood. Therefore, from the very first moment his stance was clear by rejecting a religion-based state which he considered as aiming to limit the Egyptians down to one trend. He considered deposed president Mohamed Morsi's decision to bring back the People's Assembly as a reinforcement of the US-supported dictatorship. He was among the first to denounce the incursion of Morsi's authority over the judicial authority, condemning the Brotherhood militias' blockade of the Supreme Constitutional Court. Dr. Hossam supported the Tamarod movement in its beginning and he declared that toppling the Brotherhood was a must and a pressing risk that had to be taken few months prior to the June 30 revolution and confirmed that the army would support the legitimacy given by the people