Manchester To Launch U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Series
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NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester University will host professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr for "Power and Knowledge in U.N. Development Agendas: The Sustainable Development Goals" 11 a.m. Sept. 26 in Cordier Auditorium.
The program on the North Manchester campus is free and open to the public, according to a news release from Manchester University.
An internationally recognized scholar and expert in international affairs, Fukuda-Parr's recent research focuses on the politics of the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals: 17 goals from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by all U.N. member states in 2015, which call all countries to action to bring peace and prosperity to people and the planet.
Fukuda-Parr is a professor of international affairs at The New School for Social Research in New York. From 1995 to 2004, she led the UN's Development Programme Human Development Reports.
Her presentation is the first in a series at Manchester focusing on the sustainable development goals.
Established in 1948, the Peace Studies Institute at Manchester was the first undergraduate peace studies program in the world. Andrew Cordier, who graduated from Manchester in 1922, was a key player in drafting the UN founding charter.
