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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 Monday, 6 July 2015

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View of the Ministerial segment of the HLPF 2015, joined via remote video from Oslo, Norway,
by H.E. Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and H.E. President
Paul Kagame, Rwanda.

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 Monday, 6 July. The Ministerial segment of the HLPF commenced with an opening plenary, the launch of the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs) report and messages from the first part of the meeting. In the morning and afternoon panels addressed “A transformative integrated agenda—how can governments, societies and the UN rise to the challenge” and “Thinking ahead—emerging issues that will matter in the future.”

Side events took place during lunch on: preparing for post-2015 implementation—early findings; more than words—how corporate reporting can help attain the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and enrich an implementation and review framework; UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) peer review mechanisms—lessons learned and opportunities for contributing to the implementation and review of SDGs; and policy-coherence of SDGs—a natural resource perspective.

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/


Opening plenary

L-R: Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; UNGA President Sam Kahamba Kutesa, Uganda; Oh Joon, ECOSOC Vice-President; Jennifer de Laurentis, Council Secretary; and Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director, International Disability Alliance, for Major Groups and Other Stakeholders


UNGA President Sam Kahamba Kutesa, Uganda

Oh Joon, ECOSOC Vice-President


Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director, International Disability Alliance, for Major Groups and Other Stakeholders

UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson

Launch of the MDG report by the UN Secretary-General

L-R: H.E. Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and H.E. President
Paul Kagame, Rwanda, adressed HLPF 2015 via remote video from Oslo, Norway

H.E. Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway

H.E. President Paul Kagame, Rwanda

Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General, and Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Messages from the five-day segment of HLPF

L-R: Paul Seger, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN; Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN; Oh Joon, ECOSOC Vice-President; Jennifer de Laurentis, Council Secretary; and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf

Paul Seger, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN

ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf

Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN

“A Transformative Integrated Agenda: How can Governments, Societies and the UN rise to the challenge?”

L-R: Lisel Alamilla, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, Belize; Salifou Dembélé, Minister for Youth, Professional Training and Employment, Burkina Faso; Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries; Oh Joon, ECOSOC Vice-President; Moncef Khane, Council Secretary; and Moderator Scott Vaughan, President and CEO, IISD

Moderator Scott Vaughan, President and CEO, IISD


Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Salifou Dembélé, Minister for Youth, Professional Training and Employment, Burkina Faso

Lisel Alamilla, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, Belize

John Ssekamatte-Ssebuliba, Uganda

Sergio Rodrigues dos Santos, Brazil

Khalid Rahman Ishaq Alkoheji, Bahrain

Bibiane Ouedraogo, Minister for the Promotion of Women and Gender, Burkina Faso

Schachar Re&rsqo;em, Israel

Riaz Hamidullah, Bangladesh

Tunde Lawal, Nigeria

Caleb Otto, Permanent Representative to the UN, Palau, and Chair, Pacific Island Forum

“Thinking ahead: emerging issues that will matter in the future”

L-R: Alfred Kammer, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF); Abdul Hamid Zakri, Science Adviser to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and Chair, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany; Vladimir Drobnjak, Vice-President of ECOSOC; Lana Emelina-Sarte, Council Secretary; and Moderator Irene Khan, Director-General, International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

Vladimir Drobnjak, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Kazuyuki Nakane, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan

Abdul Hamid Zakri, Science Adviser to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and Chair, IPBES

Moderator Irene Khan, Director-General, IDLO

Alfred Kammer, Deputy Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Risnawati Utami, CBM, Indonesia

Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP


Mohammed Alessawi, Iraq

Silvia Velo, Italy

Dave Walsh, Ireland

Param Maragatham, representing Children and Youth Major Group




 

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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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