Highlights and images for 18 July 2016

Summary

Following the opening of the Ministerial Segment on Monday, participants at the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) discussed “Main messages from first HLPF week: our starting point.” This was followed by keynote speeches and panel discussions related to the meeting’s theme of “Ensuring that no one is left behind,” on: “Reaching the most vulnerable;” “Challenges of countries in special situations;” and “Unlocking means of implementation (MOI) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and creating an enabling environment.” A general debate took place at the end of the day.

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Opening of the Ministerial Segment

Delegates gather for the opening of the Ministerial Segment

Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN

Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN and Vice
President of ECOSOC

Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC

Mogens Lykketoft, President of
the UN General Assembly

Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway

Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vice President of Viet Nam

Ensuring that no one is left behind: reaching the most vulnerable

Panel speakers during the session

Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador

Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Kate Gilmore, Deputy High
Commissioner for Human Rights

Md. Shahidul Haque, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh

Christian Friis Bach, Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Delegates watch proceedings from the gallery

Ensuring that no one is left behind: challenges of countries in special situations

View of the dais during the session

Álvaro García, Office of Planning and Budget of the Presidency, Uruguay

Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary-General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Helen Clark, Administrator,
UN Development Programme (UNDP)

Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman,
2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Karina Gould, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development, Canada

Ricardo Cardona, Minister of Social Development, Honduras

Shamshad Akhtar, Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Daniel Mensinga, Major Group for Children and Youth

Ensuring that no one is left behind: unlocking the means of implementation for
the Sustainable Development Goals and creating an enabling environment

View of the dais during the session

 Michelle Muschett, Vice Minister of Social Development, Panama

Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister for Public Administration, Sweden

Axel Bertuch-Samuels,
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Vaughan Turekian,
Advisor to the US Secretary of State

Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development

Douglas Frantz, Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Mahmoud Mohieldin, World Bank Group

Representatives from the Women's Major Group hold up pictures of environmental and human rights activists who have been killed, demonstrating the need to create an enabling environment for stakeholder participation

General Debate

Delegates participate in a general debate

Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of Thailand to the UN, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China

Juan Temístocles Montás, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominician Republic, speaking on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)

Bernard Kamphasa, Zambia, speaking
on behalf of the LLDCs

Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Jiko Fatafehi Luveni, Fiji, speaking on behalf of the Group of Pacific SIDS

Mohammed Khaled Khiari, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the UN, speaking on behalf of the African Group

Mohammed Maziad Al Tuwaijri,
Vice-Minister of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia

Celebrating Nelson Mandela Day

A special event is held in the ECOSOC Chamber to commemorate "Mandela Day"

Delegates stand to observe a moment of silence to honor Nelson Mandela and his contribution to freedom and justice in the world

Stevie Wonder, UN Messenger of Peace

Around the Venue

Delegates gather for the start of the Ministerial Segment

Delegates greet each other before the start of plenary

Delegates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Delegates from South Africa

Delegates speak informally

Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vice-President of Viet Nam, participate in
an event "Scream from Nature" that emphasized the importance of environmental protection

Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vice-President of Viet Nam,
stand with children during the event

Musical performance by fifth graders from the
Special Music School, New York

Around the UN Headquarters

Participants