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The resumed session of the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (resumed OEWG 37) opened on Friday, 15 July 2016, in Vienna, Austria. In the morning, delegates heard opening statements. Plenary convened for a stocktaking session that discussed progress in the contact group and informal groups, addressed organizational matters, and held a moment of silence for recent deaths of members of the “ozone family” and victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Nice, France. The Contact Group on the Feasibility and Ways of Managing hydrofluorocarbons (HFC Management Contact Group) then convened to continue its work, including building on discussions held at the OEWG 37 in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2016. The contact group heard a report back from the previous day’s informal discussions on financing and addressed the way forward to complete the work of the contact group in a timely manner. Delegates then adjourned to hold informal discussions on funding, the relationship of HFCs with hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), and exemptions not related to high ambient temperatures, which took place for the remainder of the day. The contact group reconvened in the evening for reports back from the informal discussions, and to discuss the way forward. Informal discussions on funding continued into the night. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and also produced a summary and analysis report from the Resumed OEWG 37, OEWG 38 and ExMOP 3, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. View of the dais during a moment of silence for recent deaths of members of the “ozone family” and victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Nice, France Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat OEWG 37 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria Gudi Alkemade, European Union (EU) OEWG 37 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria, with Rolf Engelhardt, Germany Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia, with John Thompson, US Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat, with OEWG 37 Co-Chair Leslie Smith, Grenada Ilaitia Finau, Fiji, with Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, UNEP From L-R: Gilbert Bankobeza, Ozone Secretariat; Tina Birmpili, Executive Secretary, Ozone Secretariat; OEWG 37 Co-Chair Paul Krajnik, Austria; OEWG 37 Co-Chair Leslie Smith, Grenada; and Megumi Seki, Ozone Secretariat Margaret Aanyu, Uganda OEWG 37 Co-Chair Leslie Smith, Grenada Rubén Armando Escalante Hasbún, El Salvador Annie Gabriel, Australia Mazen Khalil Hussein, Lebanon From L-R: Hamoud Al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia; Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Pakistan; and Taha Mohammed Zatari, Saudi Arabia HFCs Management Contact Group Co-Chair ​ Xia Yingxian, China Martin Sirois, Canada Yaqoub Al-Matouq, Kuwait Hassan Ali Mubarak, Bahrain, and Melony Mckenzie, Bahamas Tumau Herownna Neru, Samoa View of the room during the Informal discussions on Funding

The 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) opened on Monday, 11 July 2016, at UN Headquarters in New York. Following an opening plenary, the first day started with a session on “Where do we stand at year one” of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. This was followed by three sessions related to the 2016 HLPF theme of “Ensuring that no one is left behind,” on: “Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030”; “Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs”; and “Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability.” IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from HLPF 2016, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Opening Plenary Delegates during the opening session Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Session 1: Where do we stand at year one? Panelists for Session 1: Where do we stand at year one? Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Moderator Paula Caballero Gomez, World Bank Debapriya Bhattacharya, Centre for Policy Dialogue Martin Tsounkeu, Africa Development Interchange Network (ADIN) José María Viera, World Blind Union (WBU) Oriana López Uribe, Women's Major Group Macharia Kamau, Kenya Joy Aguilar, Major Group for Children and Youth Session 2: Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030 Panelists for Session 2: Envisioning an inclusive world in 2030 Ion Jinga, Permanent Representative of Romania to the UN and Chair of the 54th session of the Commission for Social Development Moderator Lisa Foster, US Department of Justice Alvaro Esteban Pop Ac, Chair of the 15th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Onalenna Selolwane, Mosadi Khumo Socio-Economic Empowerment Forum for Women Ibrahim Ismail Abdallah, Arab Organization of Persons with Disability (AOPD) Uchita de Zoysa, Sri Lanka Anna Ballance, EU Chair Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Session 3: Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs Panelists for Session 3: Lifting people out of poverty and addressing basic needs Alice Albright, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Moderator Sarina Prabasi, WaterAid America  Michael Park, Aspen Institute Chair Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Cristina Diez, International Movement ATD Fourth World Xie Zhangwei, China José De Souza, Benin Rajul Pandya-Lorch, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Grace Balawag, Indigenous Peoples Major Group Carla Mucavi, Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) Session 4: Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability Panelists for Session 4: Fostering economic growth, prosperity, and sustainability  Tim Jackson, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) Moderator Vinicius Pinheiro, International Labour Organization (ILO)  Bart Verspagen, UN University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) Wellington Chibebe, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Dyborn Chibonga, National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM) Around the Venue Delegates watch discussions from the balcony A string quartet welcomes delegates to the meeting Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Delegates meet before the start of the session Delegates meet informally throughout the day Around the UN Headquarters