Summary
The High-level Segment/ Ministerial Meeting of HLPF 2018 on Tuesday included three sessions on Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), where 21 countries presented their reports: Albania, Latvia, Niger, Sudan, Armenia, Ireland, Namibia, Jamaica, State of Palestine, Togo, Bhutan, Uruguay, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Australia, Andorra, Canada, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), and Senegal.
In the afternoon, the general debate continued in parallel.
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Voluntary National Reviews
View of the Trusteeship Chamber during the VNR presentations
Prime Minister Komi Sélom Klassou, Togo
Denis Naughten, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Ireland
Arvils Ašeradens, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister for Economics, Latvia
Senida Mesi, Deputy Prime Minister, Albania
Gamal Mahmoud Alrayah, Minister of Urban Planning, Sudan
Álvaro García Rodríguez, Minister of Budget and Planning, Uruguay
Doris Leuthard, Minister of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication, Switzerland
Sandith Samarasinghe, Minister Delegate of the Minister of Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development, Sri Lanka
Aïchatou Boulama Kané, Minister of Planning, Niger
Lyonpo Namgay Dorji, Minister of Finance, Bhutan
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN
Gillian Bird, Permanent Representative of Australia to the UN
Ararat Mirzoyan, First Deputy Prime Minister, Armenia
Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lao PDR
Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Canada
Mame Thierno Dieng, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Senegal
Maria Ubach Font, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andorra
Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica
Isidoro Santana, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic
Obeth Kandjoze, Minister of Economic Planning and Director-General of the National Planning Commission, Namibia
Hala El Helmy Said, Minister for Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, Egypt
General Debate
Delegates gather for the General Debate
Jerry Matthews Matjila, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa
Kimmo Tiilikainen, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Housing, Finland
Miguel Ángel Moir Sandoval, Secretary of Planning and Programming, Guatemala
Masagos Zulkifli, Minister of Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
Kim Eun-kyung, Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea
Nabeela Tunis, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Sierra Leone
Around the Venue
Pennelope Beckles, Trinidad and Tobago, speaks with a delegate
Delegates from Turkmenistan
Lynn Wagner and Kali Taylor, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
José da Silva Gonçalves, Minister of Tourism and Transport, and Maritime Economy, Cabo Verde, speaks with a delegate
Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild, Canada
Mohamed bin Ibrahim Yousif Al Mutawa, Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Bahrain
Hoesung Lee Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), seen around the venue
Leslie Wade, UN DESA
Delegates between sessions
'Sustainable Development Geek,' developed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation,
is a game inspired by the SDGs with more than 100 questions to test your knowledge and wit
Dark skies are seen from the windows of UN Headquarters as a heavy storm develops in the afternoon
