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2015 Meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2015)

26 June - 8 July 2015 | UN Headquarters, New York

Highlights for Tuesday, 30 June 2015

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View of the of the morning meeting with HLPF 2015 representatives of Major Groups, other stakeholders
and member states.

The 2015 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) continued on Tuesday, 30 June. A morning meeting addressed “Reinforcing Major Groups and other stakeholders’ participation.” In the morning and afternoon moderated discussions took place on “Changing approaches to policy making: the role of the SDGs” and “Regional support to national action.” During lunch, side events took place on: strengthening the engagement of civil society organizations in the HLPF and beyond; implementing the post-2015 development agenda - what will it take at the country level; and peer review - a tool for the implementation and follow up for the post-2015 development agenda.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 2015 Meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2015), which took place from 26 June to 8 July 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York. Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/hlpf-2015/


“Reinforcing Major Groups and other stakeholders' participation”

HLPF 2015 participants from major groups and other stakeholders

Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea
to the UN

Hanna Hansson, CIVICUS

L-R: Thomas Gass, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs; Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; and Lotta Tahtinen, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

Jasmin Burgermeister, German Youth Council, representing Children and Youth
Major Group

Roberto Borrero, International Indian Treaty Council, representing Indigenous Peoples Major Groups

Orsolya Bartha, International Disability Alliance

Pio Wennubst, Ambassador and Deputy Director, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation

Mary-Jane Ncube, Transparency International Zimbabwe and TAP Network

Savio Carvalho, Amnesty International


“Changing approaches to policy making: the role of the SDGs”

L-R: Jaroslava Jermanova, First Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament, Czech Republic; Patrick Birungi,
National Planning Authority, Uganda; Karel van Oosterom, Permanent Representative to the Netherlands to the UN; Vladimir Drobnjak, Vice-President of ECOSOC; Sangeeta Sharma, Council Secretary; and Moderator Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for
Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh

Vladimir Drobnjak, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Moderator Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, and Chair, Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals

Karel van Oosterom, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN

Jaroslava Jermanova, First Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament, Czech Republic

Patrick Birungi, National Planning Authority, Uganda

Sadia Faizunnesa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN

Marcela Ordóñez, Colombia

Ties Mouwen, the Netherlands

L-R: Galina Angarova, Tebtebba and Pak Y.W. Junardy, President Commissioner, PT Rajawali Corporation,
and President, Global Compact Network Indonesia

“Regional support to national action”

L-R: Christian Brodhag, Organization Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF); Mohamed Ashraf Rashed, Member of the African Peer
Review Panel of Eminent Persons; Vajira Narampanawa, Secretary, State Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka; María Emma Mejía, Vice-
President of ECOSOC; Moncef Khane, Council Secretary; and Moderator Ximena Ponce, Member of Parliament, Ecuador

Mohamed Ashraf Rashed, Member of the African Peer Review Panel of Eminent Persons


Moderator Ximena Ponce, Member of Parliament, Ecuador

Christian Brodhag, OIF

Vajira Narampanawa, Secretary, State Ministry of Environment,
Sri Lanka

L-R: Roula Majdalani, Sustainable Development and Productivity Division United Nations - Economic and Social Commission
for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), Lebanon, and Paul Ladd, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UN Development
Programme (UNDP)

Rasmane Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso

Yulia Kudasova, Russian Federation

Thando Madzamuse, Zimbabwe


Christo Janse van Noordwyk, South Africa

Mohammad Aboulwafa, Egypt

Pedro Henriques, EU

 

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Funding for coverage of the 2015 Meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2015) has been provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the European Union (EU)
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