Small Island Developing States

On Friday, 14 July, delegates met in the informal working group on crosscutting issues, discussing: use of terms, scope and objective of the ILBI, relationship with other agreements; as well as guiding principles and approaches, and international cooperation, for BBNJ conservation and sustainable use. In the afternoon, plenary resumed to discuss next steps including the convening of an intergovernmental conference and the status of the Chair’s streamlined non-paper. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292: Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Barbara Boechat, Brazil; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS Metod Špaček, EU Alice Revell, New Zealand Matthías Pálsson, Iceland Audrey Naana Abayena, Ghana Kabure Yeeting, Kiribati Josefina Bunge, Argentina Javier Gorostegui, Chile Narayanane Saravanane, India Essam Yassin Mohammed, Eritrea Khurshed Alam, Bangladesh Juan Cuéllar Torres, Colombia Ismail Raushan, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States Diedre Mills, Jamaica, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Participants at PrepCom 4 Sesselja Sigurdardóttir, Iceland Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico Mamadou Diallo, Senegal Rena Lee, Singapore Evan Bloom, US Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation Rogelio Villanueva Jr., the Philippines Lisa Speer, Natural Resources Defense Council Zentaro Naganuma, Japan Hina Saeed Baig, Pakistan Ma Xinmin, China L-R: Kristina Gjerde, Cymie Payne, and Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, IUCN L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Barbara Boechat, Brazil; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS L-R: Javier Gorostegui, Chile, in a conversation with Metod Špaček, EU Greenpeace images and encouraging messages from the Alboran Sea Duncan Currie (second from right), Greenpeace, in a discussion with delegates from New Zealand Delegates from WWF

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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. 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) View of the dais during the session 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 View of the dais during the session 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 View of the dais during the session 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

On Thursday, 13 July, the informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer continued discussions in the morning, focusing on: objectives, principles, modalities, clearinghouse mechanism, funding, monitoring and review, and definitions. The informal working group on crosscutting issues, facilitated by Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil, focused on: institutional arrangements, including a decision-making forum, a scientific/technical body, a clearinghouse, a financial mechanism, dispute settlement, responsibility and liability, and review; and the preamble of an international legally binding instrument. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292: Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer of marine technology; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Vita Onwuasoanya, UNDOALOS Juliette Babb-Riley, Barbados, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Sabita Nakarmi, Nepal Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, Bangladesh Marc Richir, EU Carlos García Reyes, Guatemala Saifu George, Sierra Leone Jorge Dotta, Uruguay Vladimir Ryabinin, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States Riena Dwi Astuty, Indonesia Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway Ismail Raushan, Maldives, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Dhisadee Chamlongrasdr, Thailand James Ndirangu Waweru, Kenya Rogelio Villanueva Jr., the Philippines Mohamed Atlassi, Morocco Audrey Naana Abayena, Ghana Tatiana Shuvalova, Russian Federation Luke Tang, Singapore Jean Kenfack, Cameroon Tevita Suka Mangisi, Tonga Alain Tellier, Canada Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico Zentaro Naganuma, Japan Estrella Tulay, the Philippines Landisang Kotaro, Palau Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil, facilitating the informal working group on crosscutting issues L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Barbara Boechat, Brazil; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS; and Michele Ameri, UNDOALOS Sibylle Vermont, Switzerland Zakieh Taghizadeh, Iran Metod Špaček, EU Duncan Currie, Greenpeace Evan Bloom, US Oleg Rykov, Russian Federation Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group Aboubacar Oulare, Guinea Florian Botto, Monaco L-R: Zentaro Naganuma, Japan, in a conversation with Matthías Pálsson, Iceland Delegates from the Caribbean Community Delegates from Germany

On Wednesday, the 2017 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) reviewed the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 (good health and well being) and SDG 5 (gender equality). In the afternoon, thematic reviews took place on two topics related to this year’s overall theme of “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world”: “Taking forward the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway,” and “How it affects countries in special situations: least developed countries (LDCs) and landlocked developing countries (LLDCs).” The latter thematic review also discussed the special challenges of middle-income countries (MICs). 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. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Session 7 - Review of implementation: SDG 3 (good health and well being) View of the dais during the session Nabeel Munir, Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, and Vice President, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Nata Menabde, Executive Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Office at the UN, New York Michael Myers, Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation Francesca Perucci, UN Statistics Division (UNSD) Laura Flores, Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN Rachel Cohen, Regional Executive Director, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) Marie Hauerslev, Vice President for External Affairs, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) Jeroen Verheul, the Netherlands, speaking on behalf of 18 developed and developing countries Farzana Zahir, Maldives, speaking on behalf of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Odo Tevi, Vanuatu Session 8 - Review of implementation: SDG 5 (gender equality) View of the dais during the session Salma Nims, Secretary General, Jordanian National Commission for Women Marie Chatardová, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN, and Vice President, ECOSOC Moderator Craig Mokhiber, Chief, Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Jane Sanyu Mpagi, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Uganda Roberto Bissio, Executive Director, Third World Institute, and Coordinator of Social Watch, Uruguay Nalini Singh, Executive Director, Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM), representative of Women's Major Group Akinremi Bolaji, Nigeria Kajsa Olofsgård, Sweden Lena Gerber, US Ana Cristina García, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Nguyen Thi Le Thuy, Viet Nam   Session 9 - Thematic review: Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: Taking forward the SAMOA Pathway View of the dais during the session Shahine Robinson, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Jamaica Moderator Pennelope Beckles, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN Cristián Barros Melet, Permanent Representative of Chile to the UN, and Vice President, ECOSOC Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Paula Vivili, Director, Public Health Division, Pacific Community (SPC) Tuitama Leao Talalelei Tuitama, Minister of Health, Samoa Rennier Gadabu, Nauru Mahe'uli'uli Sandhurst Tupouniua, Tonga José Luis Rocha, Cabo Verde Fauzia Mwita Haji, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities Masina Tietie, Women's Major Group Session 10 - Thematic review: Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world: How it affects countries in special situations: Least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), and special challenges of middle-income countries (MICs) View of the dais during the session Amira Gornass, Chairperson, Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Moderator Swarnim Waglé, National Planning Commission, Nepal Larysa Belskaya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus Nikhil Seth, Executive Director, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Farah Kabir, Country Director, ActionAid Bangladesh Lazarous Kapambwe, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the UN Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Around the Venue Delegates from Indonesia Delegates between sessions Delegates use the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) to keep up to date with discussions at HLPF 2017 Delegates huddle for a discussion Sainivalati Navoti, SIDS Network, and William Bly, UN Webmaster and Photographer Delegates speak informally

On Wednesday, 12 July, the informal working group on area-based management tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs), continued discussions on the designation process, as well as on implementation, relationships to existing instruments, and monitoring and review. The informal working group on environmental impact assessments (EIAs), facilitated by René Lefeber (the Netherlands), then addressed: obligations, guiding principles and approaches, criteria and thresholds, process, content of EIA reports, relationships to existing instruments, clearinghouse mechanisms, capacity building and technology transfer, and monitoring and review. The informal working group on capacity building and technology transfer, facilitated by Rena Lee (Singapore), started discussion of objectives, and guiding principles and approaches. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 4th Session of the Preparatory Committee Established by the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/292: Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Franz Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS); Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including MPAs; Valentina Germani, UNDOALOS; and Carlos Fuentes, UNDOALOS Siai Taylor, Cook Islands Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway Ma Xinmin, China Riena Dwi Astuty, Indonesia Michael Googan, Australia Blaise Kuemlangan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Rena Lee, Singapore Evan Bloom, US Alice Revell, New Zealand, Facilitator of the informal working group on ABMTs, including MPAs Luis Oña Garcés, Ecuador, on behalf of the G-77/China Veronica Frank, Greenpeace Zentaro Naganuma, Japan Arnór Snæbjörnsson, Iceland Margo Deiye, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States Leonito Bacalando Jr., Federated States of Micronesia John Fintakpa Lamega, Togo Kate Neilson, New Zealand L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; René Lefeber, the Netherlands, Facilitator of the informal working group on environmental impact assessments; Chair Carlos Sobral Duarte, Brazil; Alice Hicuburundi, UNDOALOS; and Charlotte Salpin, UNDOALOS L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; René Lefeber, the Netherlands, Facilitator of the informal working group on environmental impact assessments; Michael Schewchuk, UNDOALOS; and Yoshinobu Takei, UNDOALOS Wini Broadbelt, EU Lizanne Aching, Trinidad and Tobago, on behalf of the Caribbean Community Babajide Alo, Nigeria Oleg Rykov, Russian Federation Cymie Payne, IUCN Cheikhy Sidi, Mauritania Clarissa Jacqueline Caancan, the Philippines Duncan Currie, Greenpeace Penny Race, New Zealand L-R: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, UNDOALOS; Rena Lee, Singapore, Facilitator of the informal working group on capacity building and transfer of marine technology; and Vita Onwuasoanya, UNDOALOS Kathleen Siala Taituave, Samoa Da Hee Song, Republic of Korea Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Mexico Martin Zvachula, Federated States of Micronesia Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, on behalf of the African Group L-R: Mehdi Remaoun, Algeria, consulting with Thembile Joyini, South Africa L-R: Sergey Leonidchenko, Russian Federation, in a conversation with Kjell Kristian Egge, Norway, and Evan Bloom, US Delegates from Fiji and Samoa Delegates from the Philippines