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Highlights and images for 7 February 2018
9th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9)
Three Assemblies of the World Urban Forum’s ninth session (WUF9) convened on Wednesday. A flag-raising ceremony took place in the morning, in which the UN and Malaysian flags were hoisted outside the meeting venue at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). After a joint opening plenary, the Women’s Assembly, Business Assembly and the Children and Youth Assembly met in parallel throughout the day to discuss actions to advance the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) on cities.
Noh Omar, Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Malaysia, noted that more than 50% of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and urged all to play their roles in making cities safe, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous.
Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, welcomed delegates to WUF9, which is taking place in her home country. Opening the Assemblies, she stressed the NUA’s emphasis on inclusivity, and underscored UN-Habitat’s role as the focal point for its global implementation.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, is providing daily web highlights, daily reports, and will produce a summary report from WUF9.
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Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN-Habitat, arrives at flag raising
Music of bagpipes and drums at the flag-raising ceremony
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HLPF 2017
On Thursday morning, the 2017 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started with reviews of implementation of two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure); and SDG 14 (life below water). In the afternoon, two reviews related to SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals) took place, on: investing in, and financing for, SDGs; and advancing science, technology and innovation (STI) for SDGs.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports from HLPF 2017 and also produced a summary and analysis report, which is available in HTML and PDF.
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Session 11: Review of implementation: SDG 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure)
View of the dais during the session
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN, and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
John Danilovich, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Maria Kiwanuka, Special Advisor to the President, Uganda
Miguel Ruiz Cabañas, Vice Minister, Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Mexico
Magnus Arildsson, Head, Internet of Things Product Management, Ericsson
Arne Holte, former President, World Blind Union, Norway
Patrick Ho, Deputy Chairman, China Energy Fund Committee
Juan José Gómez Camacho, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN
Bachar Brahim Adoum, Chad
Aire Rihe, Estonia
Abdul Halim Bin Abdul Aziz, Malaysia
Ola Sidani, Lebanon
Sebastian König, Switzerland
Session 12 - Review of implementation: SDG 14 (life below water)
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Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN, and Co-President, UN Ocean Conference
Peter Thomson, President, UNGA
Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Luke Daunivalu, Deputy Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN, and Co-President, UN Ocean Conference
Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General, Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel
Jake Rice, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Moderator Kate Brown, Executive Director, Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)
Marjo Vierros, Director, Coastal Policy and Humanities Research, and Senior Associate, Global Ocean Forum
Ronald Jumeau, Permanent Representative of the Seychelles to the UN
Tui Shortland, Director, Pacific Indigenous and Local Knowledge Centre of Distinction
Max Rai, Permanent Representative of Papua New Guinea to the UN, speaking on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)
Session 13 - Review of implementation of SDGs and thematic review of SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals): Investing in, and financing for, SDGs
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Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN
Jerry Matthews Matjila, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN
Gebeyehu Ganga Gayito, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the UN
Nabeel Munir, Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, and Vice President, ECOSOC
Moderator Manuel Montes, Senior Advisor on Finance and Development, the South Centre
Kajsa Olofsgård, Ambassador for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Peter Adriaens, CEO, Equarius Risk Analytics
Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network
Uchita de Zoysa, Sri Lanka
Gladys Ghartey, Ghana
Session 14 - Review of implementation SDGs and thematic review SDG 17: Advancing science, technology and innovation for SDGs
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Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN, and Co-Chair, Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)
Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State, US, and Co-Chair, STI Forum
Donovan Guttieres, Focal Point, Science-Policy Interface Platform, Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY)
Cristián Barros Melet, Vice President of ECOSOC
Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Science, Technology and Research, Sri Lanka
Heide Hackmann, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU), and Co-Chair of the 10-Member Group of High-Level Representatives in support of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM)
Nebojša Nakićenović, Deputy Director General, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Aleksandr Khachaturyan, Armenia
Dazhu Yang, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Around the Venue
John Danilovich, Secretary-General, ICC (L), speaks with a delegate
Sadiqullah Tahirzai, Afghanistan
Francesca Perucci, UN Statistics Division (UNSD) (C), speaks with members of the Secretariat
Delegates from Kenya
Delegates between sessions
Oceans materials on display around the UN
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HLPF 2017
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HLPF 2017
The second day of the 2017 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started with a review of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 (no poverty) and SDG 2 (zero hunger). In the afternoon, a thematic review on “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Multi-stakeholder perspectives,” took place.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports from HLPF 2017 and also produced a summary and analysis report, which is available in HTML and PDF.
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Session 4 - Review of implementation: SDG 1
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Janet Gornick, Director, Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, City University of New York (CUNY)
Stefan Schweinfest, Director, Statistics Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University
Yaw Ansu, African Center for Economic Transformation
Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, World Bank Group
Wellington Chibebe, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Yang Zhi, Mayor of Jingzhou, China
Fnu Sudarno, Indonesia
Deborah Greenfield, Deputy Director-General for Policy, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Huseyn Huseynov, Azerbaijan
Session 5 - Review of implementation: SDG 2
Delegates raise their hands as part of an interactive discussion at the start of the session
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN, and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Gerda Verburg, Coordinator, Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement
Esther Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development
Elizabeth Mpofu, General Coordinator, La Via Campesina, Zimbabwe
Patrick Caron, Chair, High-Level Panel of Experts of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Meena Bilgi, Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (WOCAN)
Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Head, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Franco Ruggiero, Argentina
Alastaire Sèna Alinsato, Benin
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Session 6 - Thematic review - Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Multi-stakeholder perspectives
View of the keynote speakers on the dais
Luisa Emilia Reyes Zuñiga, Co-Chair, Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) HLPF Coordination Mechanism
Jürgen Schulz, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN, and Vice President of ECOSOC
Moderator Maruxa Cardama, Cities Alliance
Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General, DESA
Sehnaz Kiymaz, President, Women for Women’s Human Rights - New Ways, and Women’s Major Group
Luis Miguel Etchevehere, President, Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA), and Farmers' Major Group
Verity McGivern, HelpAge International, and Stakeholder Group on Ageing
Louise Kantrow, Permanent Representative to the UN, International Chamber of Commerce, and Business and Industry Major Group
Katarina Popovic, Secretary General, International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), and Education and Academia Stakeholder Group
Roberto Bissio, Social Watch, and Financing for Development Civil Society Group
Moderator Naiara Costa, Together 2030
José Maria Viera, International Disability Alliance, and Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities
Jan Van Zanen, Mayor of Utrecht, President of the Association of Dutch Municipalities, and Local Authorities Major Group
James O'Brien, Volunteer Groups
Rosalea Hamilton, Founder and President, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Technology, Jamaica, and NGO Major Group
Keikabile Mogodu, Indigenous Peoples Major Group
Saúl Zenteno Bueno, President, Fundación Manatí para el Fomento de la Ciudadanía, and Major Group for Children and Youth
John Patrick Ngoyi, World Vision, on behalf of Together 2030
Around the Venue
Delegates between sessions
Representatives of the Women's Major Group gather to respect, protect, and promote the work done by women's human rights defenders
Around the UN Headquarters
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HLPF 2017