Summary
The 2017 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded on Wednesday, following four further sessions on Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), and the High-Level General Debate. A Ministerial Declaration focusing on the theme of “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world” was adopted during the closing session, after voting on paragraphs relating to: peaceful, just and inclusive societies, including the removal of obstacles to the full realization of the right of self-determination of peoples living under colonial and foreign occupation; and means of implementation, including promotion of a universal, rules-based, multilateral trading system. The Declaration was adopted with both paragraphs intact.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports from HLPF 2017 and also produced a summary and analysis report, which is available in HTML and PDF.
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Presentation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)
View of the dais during the session
Yinager Dessie Belay, Minister for National Planning Commission, Ethiopia
Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairperson, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, India
Ali Ahmadov, Deputy Prime Minister, Azerbaijan
Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro, Minister Coordinator General, Honduras
Cristián Barros Melet, Permanent Representative of Chile to the UN, and Vice President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Abdul Sattar Murad, Minister of Economy, Afghanistan
Abdullahi Majeed, Minister of State for Environment and Energy, Maldives
Omar Figueroa, Minister of State for Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change, Belize
Prime Minister Komi Sélom Klassou, Togo
Nikos Kuyalis, Minister of Agriculture, Cyprus
Delegates watched videos about the VNRs from different countries
Kristian Jensen, Minister for Finance, Denmark
Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics, Qatar
Alenka Smerkolj, Minister without portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion, Slovenia
Jaime Miranda, Vice Minister for Development Cooperation, El Salvador
Slumber Tsogwane, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Botswana
Nematullo Hikmatullozoda, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Tajikistan
High-Level General Debate
Delegates gather for the third day of the High-Level General Debate
Andrew Doyle, Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture, Ireland
Nezha El Ouafi, Secretary of State to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development, Morocco
Amir Muharemi, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
Álvaro García, Minister of Budget and Planning, Uruguay
Ibrahim Adam Ibrahim, State Minister of Welfare and Social Security, Sudan
María Luisa Navarro, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation, Panama
Ado Lõhmus, Deputy Minister of Environment, Estonia
Tekeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the UN
Ferenc Dancs, Deputy Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary
José Antônio Marcondes de Carvalho, Ministry of Environment, Energy, Science, and Technology, Brazil
Closing and Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration and the Report of the HLPF
The Trusteeship Council is full to capacity as delegates attend the closing plenary
Observer delegates fill the balcony
Delegates read the final version of the draft ministerial declaration
Delegates vote for retaining paragraphs on: peaceful, just and inclusive societies, including the removal of obstacles to the full realization of the right of self-determination of peoples living under colonial and foreign occupation; and means of implementation, including promotion of a universal, rules-based, multilateral trading system
Vote to include the paragraph on peaceful, just and inclusive societies including the removal of obstacles to the full realization of the right of self-determination of peoples living under colonial and foreign occupation
Vote to include the paragraph on means of implementation including promotion of a universal, rules-based, multilateral trading system
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN, and President of ECOSOC, gavels the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration
Delegates applaud the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration and the Report of the HLPF
Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), delivers his closing statement
Around the Venue
Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro, Minister Coordinator General, Honduras, speaks with Moncef Khane, ECOSOC Secretariat
Alf Wills and Christo Janse van Noordwyk, South Africa
Delegates speak informally
A delegate visits the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website to keep track of discussions at HLPF 2017
Prime Minister Komi Sélom Klassou, Togo, speaks with delegates
Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia (R), speaks with a delegate
Emele Duituturaga, Fiji, uses an SDG fan on a warm afternoon
Delegates between sessions
The IISD ENB team covering HLPF 2017: Kiara Worth, South Africa; Anju Sharma, India/UK; Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Nepal; Cleo Verkuijl, the Netherlands/Zimbabwe; and Katie Browne, US
