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Second meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF-2) - “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and charting the way for an ambitious post-2015 development agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals”

30 June - 9 July 2014 | UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

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Introduction - 30 June - 1 July - 2 July - 3 July - 7 July - 8 July - 9 July

Summary Highlights of the Meeting

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

The final day of HLPF-2 started with a keynote presentation by the Deputy Administrator of National Administration of Surveying, Mapping, and Geoinformation, China. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, then delivered key messages from the Prototype Global Sustainable Development Report. Next, a Ministerial Dialogue took place on “Charting pathways to the future we want.” The concluding session of the HLPF-2 included the adoption of the Ministerial Declaration of the 2014 High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the HLPF convened under the auspices of the Council, and the report of the meeting.

The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of the HLPF will be available online on Saturday, 12 July 2014, at: http://enb.iisd.org/hlpf/hlpf2/

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Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC, gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:41 pm

Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC, being congratulated by delegates from Austria

Remarks by keynote speaker

L-R: Li Pengde, Deputy Administrator, National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, China; Wu Hongbo, UN
Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Economic and Social Affairs; Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; and Jennifer de Laurentis,
Council Secretary

Li Pengde, Deputy Administrator, National Administration of
Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, China

Wu Hongbo, USG for Economic and Social Affairs

View of the presentation by Li Pengde, Deputy Administrator, National Administration of Surveying,
Mapping and Geoinformation, China

HLPF Ministerial Dialogue: “Charting pathways to the future we want”

L-R: Vesna Kos, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia; Rita Schwarzelühr-
Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation,
Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany; Elba Viviana Caro Hinojosa, Minister of Development Planning, Bolivia;
Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; Jennifer de Laurentis, Council Secretary; and Romain Murenzi,
Executive Director, The World Academy of Sciences

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

Elba Viviana Caro Hinojosa, Minister of Development Planning,
Bolivia

Vesna Kos, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign and European
Affairs, Croatia

Romain Murenzi, Executive Director, The World Academy of
Sciences

View of the High-level Ministerial dialogue session on “Charting pathways to the future we want."

L-R: Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN); Irene Khan, Director- General of the
International Development Law Organization; and Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO

Thierry Dedieu, National Officer, International
Trade Union Confederation

Mwansa Kapeya, Minister of Lands, Natural
Resources, and Environmental Protection, Zambia

Closing of HLPF

Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC, briefly explaining on how to proceed with adopting the Ministerial Declaration of the 2014
High-Level Segment of the ECOSOC.

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

On Tuesday, the President of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) addressed the second High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF-2) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This presentation was followed by two ministerial dialogues in the morning, on: “Long term measures to make poverty eradication irreversible and reduce inequalities”; and “International cooperation for sustainable development.” A multi-stakeholder dialogue on “Multi-stakeholder partnerships and voluntary commitments for sustainable development – ensuring accountability for all” took place in the evening, followed by another ministerial dialogue on “Preparing the high-level political forum for post-2015: Steering implementation of the development agenda and reviewing progress.”

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Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General on the MDGs, entertaining questions from HLPF
participants.

L-R: Oyun Sanjaasuren, Minister of Environment and Green Development, Mongolia, and President of the UN
Environment Assembly (UNEA); Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; and Jennifer de Laurentis, Council Secretary

Front Row L-R: Sophie Karmasin, Federal Minister for Family and Youth, Austria; María Ángela Holguín, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Colombia; Bathabile Dlamini, Minister of Social Development, South Africa; Aida Kurmangaliyeva, Executive Secretary,
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population, Kazakhstan; Yong Li, Director-General, UNIDO
Back Row L-R: Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF; Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; and Jennifer de Laurentis,
Council Secretary

Paola Bustamante, Minister of Social
Inclusion, Peru

Lu Mei, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of
China to the UN

Jim Clarken, Executive Director, Oxfam
Ireland

View of the High-level Ministerial dialogue session on “international cooperation and sustainable development."

L-R: Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Fulbert
Macaire Amoussouga Gero, Minister of MDGs, Policies and Sustainable Development, Benin; Børge Brende, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Norway; Ibrahim Dabbashi, Vice President of ECOSOC; Otto Gustafik, Secretary; Saber Chowdhury,
Member of Parliament, Bangladesh; and Han Seung-soo, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) and Water

Han Seung-soo, UN Secretary-General’s
Special Envoy on DRR and Water

Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to UN
Secretary-General on the MDGs

Saber Chowdhury, Member of Parliament,
Bangladesh

Ibrahim Dabbashi, Vice President of
ECOSOC

Fulbert Macaire Amoussouga Gero,
Minister of MDGs, Policies and Sustainable
Development, Benin

Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Norway

Monday, 7 July 2014

The second High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF-2) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) continued with a High-level Segment of ECOSOC and a Ministerial Segment during its second week. The opening session was addressed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, ECOSOC President Martin Sajdik, UN General Assembly President John Ashe, and Esther Agbarakwe, Co-Founder, Youth Climate Coalition, Nigeria.

The opening was followed by a high-level policy dialogue on “macroeconomic policies in support of a post-2015 sustainable development agenda,” and ministerial dialogues on: “a universal integrated policy agenda to implement Rio+20 and realize the future we want”; and “weaving regional realities and regional priorities into the post-2015 development agenda.”

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L-R: John Ashe, President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Esther
Agbarakwe, Co-Founder, Youth Climate Coalition, Nigeria; and Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC

L-R: Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; John Ashe, President of the UNGA; UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon; Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; Tegegnework Gettu, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management; Esther Agbarakwe, Co-Founder, Youth Climate Coalition, Nigeria

Esther Agbarakwe, Co-Founder, Youth Climate Coalition,
Nigeria

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

View of the High-level policy dialogue session on “macroeconomic policies in support of a post-2015 sustainable
development agenda”

Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN
Environment Programme

Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UN
Conference on Trade and Development

Guy Ryder, Director-General,
International Labour Organization

Thursday, 3 July 2014

On the fourth day of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF-2) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a moderated inter-regional dialogue took place in the morning on unlocking and reshaping development and enhancing implementation: the regional context. This was followed by a moderated dialogue on shaping the forum for post-2015 in the afternoon. The first week of the meeting was concluded with a wrap-up session discussing messages for the ministerial segment, which will take place during the second week. Chair Sajdik closed the session saying the meeting would reconvene on Monday, 7 July 2014, following the long weekend in the US.

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Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Economic and Social Affairs, congratulating
Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC, at the close of today's HLPF-2 session

Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and Alicia
Bárcena, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
interacting with HLPF-2 participants

L-R: Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary, UN Economics and Social and Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); Rima Khalaf,
Executive Secretary, ESCWA; Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC; Oh Joon, Vice President of ECOSOC; Jennifer de Laurentis,
Council Secretary; Amina Mohammed, Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning; Carlos Lopes,
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); and Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary, UN Economic
Commission for Europe (ECE)

Oh Joon, Vice President of ECOSOC

Amina Mohammed, Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General
on Post-2015 Development Planning

L-R: Daniel Tygel, Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS); Osman Mahomed, Executive
Chairman, Commission on Maurice Ile Durable; and Shahira Wahbi, Sustainable Development and International Cooperation,
League of Arab States

Jeanne d'Arc Byaje, Deputy Permanent Representative of
Rwanda to the UN

Tong-Q Lee, Republic of Korea

Hadas Meitzad, Israel

Moataz Khalil, Permanent Representative of
Egypt to the UN

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

The third day of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF-2) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) started with a presentation on natural capital accounting (NCA) for sustainable development. Moderated dialogues took place on two topics: from silos to integrated policy making; and reviewing progress and implementation: making the most of the HLPF reviews after 2015.

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Jennifer de Laurentis, Council Secretary, confers with Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC

Valerie Hickey, The World Bank

Participants from Major Groups and civil society

Ousainou Ngum, Executive Director, ACORD
International

Maria Ivanova, Co-Director, Center for Governance
and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts at
Boston, US

Dominick O'Brien, Ireland, in conversation with Tim Bogaert, Belgium

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

The second day of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF-2) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) started with a presentation of a prototype Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR). Moderated dialogues took place on: how to improve the conversation between science and policy: scope and methodology of a global sustainable development report; ideas and trends that can shape the lives of present and future generations; island voices, global choices: promoting genuine and durable partnerships; and countries in special situations: building resilience.

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The Trusteeship Council Chamber, venue of HLPF-2, was a gift from Denmark to the UN. This
wooden statue of a woman with her arms outstretched in the Chamber, by Danish artist Henrik
Starcke, suggests "unlimited flight upwards to greater heights.”

Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Economic and Social Affairs, presented
the Prototype Global Sustainable Development Report to HLPF-2

L-R: Jill Jäger, Sustainable Europe Research Institute; Manuel Montes, South Centre; Wu Hongbo, USG for Economic and Social
Affairs; Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; Jennifer de Laurentis, Council Secretary; Claudio Huepe Minoletti, Universidad Diego
Portales, Chile; and William Colglazier, Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State, US

William Colglazier, Science and
Technology Adviser to the US Secretary
of State, US

Jill Jäger, Sustainable Europe Research
Institute

Manuel Montes, South Centre

Elizabeth Cousens, Ambassador and US
Representative to ECOSOC

Alena White, Germany

Isabella Pagotto, Switzerland

Mercedita Sombilla, the Philippines

Monday, 30 June 2014

The second meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF-2) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) opened on Monday at the UN Headquarters in New York. Following the opening session, three moderated dialogues took place on: an integrated and universal sustainable development agenda; means of implementation for sustainable development; and the contribution of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) to sustainable development goals (SDGs). A dialogue with the Chair of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on SCP also took place.

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Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC, giving his opening address

L-R: Usman Mushtaq, Children and Youth Major Group; Peter Davies, Local Authorities Major Group; Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-
General (USG) for Economic and Social Affairs; Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC; Jennifer de Laurentis, Council Secretary; and Caroline
Usikpedo-Omoniye, Major Group for Women

Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, giving his opening address at HLPF-2.

Peter Davies, Local Authorities
Major Group

Caroline Usikpedo-Omoniye, Major
Group for Women

Usman Mushtaq, Children and Youth
Major Group

Marcelo Zambrana Torrelio, Bolivia, on behalf of G-77/China

Funding for coverage of this meeting has been provided by the
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)