Summary
The 2018 meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) convened Monday at UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning, the opening session focused on progress in achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A session on implementing the 2030 Agenda for resilient societies followed, with sub-sessions on:
- reviewing progress in achieving the SDGs; and
- better data for sustainable development.
In the afternoon, a review of SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) took place.
For extensive details on the day’s negotiations and to hear what delegates said in the corridors, see our daily Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
Visit our coverage of selected side events at HLPF 2018
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily digital coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from HLPF 2018.
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Opening Session
View of the dais during the opening session
Marie Chatardová, President, UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General, Economic and Social Affairs
María Soledad Cisternas Reyes, UNSG Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility
Jeffrey Sachs, Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Alex Steffen, Co-founder, Worldchanging.com
Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Resilient Societies
View of the dais during the session
Åsa Regnér, Assistant-Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Moderator Emily Pryor, Executive Director, Data2X
Pádraig Dalton, Director General, Central Statistics Office of Ireland
Sofia Monsalve Suárez, Secretary General, Food First Information and Action Network (FIAN) International, and NGO Major Group
Grace Bediako, Acting Director-General, National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Ghana
Georges-Simon Ulrich, Switzerland
Alzouma Maiga Idriss, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities
Zachary Chege, Chair, UN Statistical Commission, and Chief Statistician, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Nancy Potok, Chief Statistician, US
Shaida Badiee, Managing Director and Co-founder, Open Data Watch
Leesha Delatie-Budair, Deputy Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica
Review of SDG Implementation:
SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Mahmadamin Mahmadaminov, Vice-President, ECOSOC
Moderator Joakim Harlin, Vice Chair, UN-Water
Mina Guli, Water Advocate and Ultra Runner
Stefan Uhlenbrook, Coordinator, UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), UNESCO
Yongyi Min, Statistics Division, UN DESA
Delegates watch a video presentation during the session
Claudia Sadoff, Director General, International Water Management Institute
Danilo Türk, Chair, Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace, and former President of Slovenia
Callist Tindimugaya, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
Thomas Stratenwerth, Ministry for Environment, Germany
Lucía Ruíz, Vice Minister of Environment, Peru
Ney Maranhão, Director, National Water Resources Agency, Brazil
Léo Heller, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
Florencio Marerua, Country Director, Mozambique, WaterAid, and NGO Major Group
Around the Venue
Panelists and members of the UN meet informally on the dais
Delegates between sessions
Delegates speak informally
Jamil Ahmad, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) speaks with Jeffrey Sachs, Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
