The Seville Commitment, the event’s leading text adopted by the 183 participating countries, approved 130 initiatives to launch a true work plan toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The debt crisis that stifles the poorest communities requires a strong voice to put pressure on an inclusive international financial architecture, conflict resolution, and addressing migration issues worldwide, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said.

She added, “I believe the Seville meeting sent a powerful message of unity, focusing on effective problem-solving and the commitments made in Addis Ababa ten years ago.”

Amina Mohammed emphasized her hope that the FfD4 in Seville will be remembered as the Conference at which the world chose cooperation over fragmentation, or unity over division.

Li Junhua, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Secretary-General of the FfD4, emphasized that the Conference showed that the UN is a powerful platform for providing solutions and transforming lives.

At the meeting’s closing ceremony, the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, praised the Seville meeting as a desire to keep “the flame of cooperation alive, even when many want to extinguish it.”

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