UN chief calls for intensified efforts to achieve SDGsUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged stronger efforts to achieve SDGs, highlighting financial reform, climate action, and technology. With many goals off track, UNGA President Annalena Baerbock warned progress is insufficient and uneven. By IANS Published Date - 23 September 2025, 08:28 AMAntonio GuterresUnited Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for intensified efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the SDG Moment event held at UN headquarters. At a moment of rising need, net official development assistance fell by 7.1 per cent last year,” she said. “We are not moving as fast as we should on the foundational promise of the Sustainable Development Goals,” Baerbock added.