Summary
The second day of the 2017 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started with a review of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 (no poverty) and SDG 2 (zero hunger). In the afternoon, a thematic review on “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Multi-stakeholder perspectives,” took place.
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Session 4 - Review of implementation: SDG 1
View of the dais during the session
Janet Gornick, Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, City University of New York (CUNY)
Stefan Schweinfest, Director, Statistics Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University
Yaw Ansu, African Center for Economic Transformation
Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, World Bank Group
Wellington Chibebe, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Yang Zhi, Mayor of Jingzhou, China
Fnu Sudarno, Indonesia
Deborah Greenfield, Deputy Director-General for Policy, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Huseyn Huseynov, Azerbaijan
Session 5 - Review of implementation: SDG 2
Delegates raise their hands as part of an interactive discussion at the start of the session
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN, and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Gerda Verburg, Coordinator, Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement
Esther Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development
Elizabeth Mpofu, General Coordinator, La Via Campesina, Zimbabwe
Patrick Caron, Chair, High-Level Panel of Experts of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Meena Bilgi, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (WOCAN)
Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Franco Ruggiero, Argentina
Alastaire Sèna Alinsato, Benin
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Session 6 - Thematic review - Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Multi-stakeholder perspectives
View of the keynote speakers on the dais
Luisa Emilia Reyes Zuñiga, Co-Chair, Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) HLPF Coordination Mechanism
Jürgen Schulz, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN, and Vice President of ECOSOC
Moderator Maruxa Cardama, Cities Alliance
Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General, DESA
Sehnaz Kiymaz, President, Women for Women’s Human Rights - New Ways, and Women’s Major Group
Luis Miguel Etchevehere, President, Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA), and Farmers' Major Group
Verity McGivern, HelpAge International, and Stakeholder Group on Ageing
Louise Kantrow, Permanent Representative to the UN, International Chamber of Commerce, and Business and Industry Major Group
Katarina Popovic, Secretary General, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), and Education and Academia Stakeholder Group
Roberto Bissio, Social Watch, and Financing for Development Civil Society Group
Moderator Naiara Costa, Together 2030
José Maria Viera, International Disability Alliance, and Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities
Jan Van Zanen, Mayor of Utrecht, President of the Association of Dutch Municipalities, and Local Authorities Major Group
James O'Brien, Volunteer Groups
Rosalea Hamilton, Founder and President, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Technology, Jamaica, and NGO Major Group
Keikabile Mogodu, Indigenous Peoples Major Group
Saúl Zenteno Bueno, President, Fundación Manatí para el Fomento de la Ciudadanía, and Major Group for Children and Youth
John Patrick Ngoyi, World Vision, on behalf of Together 2030
Around the Venue
Delegates between sessions
Representatives of the Women's Major Group gather to respect, protect, and promote the work done by women's human rights defenders
Around the UN Headquarters
