About Issue

This issue provides an evaluative vision of Sustainable Development Goals under review for the year 2024 at United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which are Goals 1, 2, 13, 16, and 17, based on Forum mechanism of setting five new development goals every year for review and evaluation.

In line with the interest of Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights in the Sustainable Development Goals and its periodic participation in the High-Level Political Forum, Maat is launching a research periodical to monitor and evaluate the development goals under public review in the Arab region, during the period between February and July 2024. The periodical consists of five issues, with each addressing one of the five development goals under review through monitoring and evaluation in the Arab region, and outlining the features of the goal in the Arab region, especially in light of international and regional variables. The issue concludes with an analytical vision of Arab countries' performance for each of the goals under review. Based on the analysis of previous performance and indicators, the release will include a map of future expectations about the opportunities and challenges that may face the development goals in the Arab region during 2024, specifically during the period of national preparations for voluntary review in the next session of the High-level Political Forum.