Summary
On Tuesday morning, two sessions of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) took place at the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). In the afternoon, a special address by UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon was followed by another session of VNRs, and the general debate.
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Voluntary National Reviews: Session 1
View of the dais during the first session on Voluntary National Reviews
Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Francisco Guzmán Ortiz, Office of the President, Mexico
Manuel Sager, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Mohamed El Ouafa, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, Morocco
Milorad Šćepanović, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
Patrick Saidu Conteh, Minister of State II, Ministry of
Finance and Economic Development, Sierra Leone
Sabine Döbeli, Swiss Sustainable Finance
Sandra Andovska, National Focal Point for Sustainable Development, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
Jelena Kneževič, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Montenegro
Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)
Voluntary National Reviews: Session 2
Panel speakers for the second session on Voluntary National Reviews
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC
Martin Østerdal, Norwegian Children
and Youth Council
David Zalkaliani, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Georgia
Herilanto Raveloharison, Minister of Economy and Planning, Madagascar
Halit Çevik, Permanent Representative
of Turkey to the UN
Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Dejan Bojanić, Major Group for Children and Youth,
speaking on behalf of all Major Groups and other stakeholders
Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Environment and Energy, Maldives
Special address by the Secretary-General
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Voluntary National Reviews: Session 3
View of the dais for the third session on Voluntary National Reviews
Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister of Agriculture
and the Environment, Finland
Ana María Baiardi, Minister for Women, Paraguay
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
Rilli Lappalainen, Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU, Kehys
Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
Sili Epa Tuioti, Minister of Finance, Samoa
Thomas Silberhorn, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Morten Jespersen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Ansgar Klinger, German Education Union
Marianne Beisheim, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
General Debate
View of the dais
Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs
José Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the
Committee for Development Policy (CDP)
Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic
Samatha Power, Permanent Representative of the US to the UN
Li Baodong, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, China
Abdul Sattar Murad, Minister of Economy, Afghanistan
Boima Kamara, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia
Sahar Nasr, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt
Rosalie Matondo, Minister of Forest Economy, Sustainable Development and Environment, Republic of Congo
Edgar Gutiérrez Espeleta, President, Second UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2), and Minister for Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
Mohammed Maziad Al Tuwaijri,
Vice-Minister of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia
Around the Venue
Preparations being made for the morning plenary
Delegates from Finland
Delegates from Denmark
Delegates speak informally
Jade de Andrade, Federica Pietracci, and Irena Zubcevic,
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Delegates collect and share materials relating to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Delegates between sessions
Around the UN Headquarters
