Sustainable Development Goals Conclave 2020

Current context: The Sustainable Development Goals Conclave 2020: Partnerships, Cooperation and Development of North Eastern states, is being organized by NITI Aayog in Guwahati, Assam, from 24th February 2020.

 

• The SDG conclave 2020 is jointly organised by- The North Eastern Council, Assam government, Tata Trusts, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).
• The Conclave will be attended by all Chief Ministers of North Eastern states along with academia, civil society and international development organizations.
• The aim is to take stock of the progress on the SDG and discuss and deliberate on the way forward for the North Eastern region on those issues.
• The North Eastern Council (NEC) was created under the North-Eastern Council Act of 1971.
• The member states of the NEC include Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

Question: 

Q.1 The Sustainable Development Goals Conclave 2020: Partnerships, Cooperation and Development of North Eastern states, is being organized by __________?
a. National Audubon Society
b. NITI Aayog
c. World Wide Fund for Nature
d. United Nations Environmental Protection Agency