{"id":185463,"date":"2026-04-28T21:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185463\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:32:04","slug":"former-foreign-minister-alejnik-appointed-as-national-sdg-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/185463\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Foreign Minister Alejnik appointed as national SDG coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 28, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Belarus\u2019 former Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik as national coordinator for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alejnik succeeded U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Tatarynovi\u010d, who was named finance minister on January 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alejnik had served as foreign minister for about two years following the sudden death of U\u0142adzimir Makiej in November 2022. On June 27, 2024, \u0141uka\u0161enka relieved Alejnik of this position and appointed him as a member of the Council of the Republic, Belarus\u2019 upper parliamentary chamber. The following day, Alejnik was elected to chair its Committee on International Affairs and National Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 with a view to ending poverty, hunger and discrimination, while promoting peace, prosperity, healthy lifestyles and quality education. The 17 interconnected goals aim to balance social, economic, and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities use the UN system to boast of successful implementation of the SDGs and complain about sanctions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 28, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has appointed Belarus\u2019 former Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik as national coordinator for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Alejnik succeeded U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Tatarynovi\u010d, who was named finance minister on January 22. Alejnik had served as foreign minister for about two years following the sudden death of U\u0142adzimir Makiej in November 2022. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":91731,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-185463","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Foreign Minister Alejnik appointed as national SDG coordinator | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 28, Pozirk. 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