2020 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development - 12th Meeting

12th meeting of the High-Level Political Forum (HPLF) on Sustainable Development (7-16 July 2020) held under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events
• Video Length: 01:24:01
• Production Date: 14 July 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MHER MARGARYAN; MONA JUUL
• Subject Topical: 2030 AGENDA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; EPIDEMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• MAMS Id: 2551621
• Parent Id: 2550662

Description

Sveinung Rotevatn, President of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly and Minister of Climate and Environment of Norway, delivers the keynote speech, followed by messages from the region by Trevor Prescod, President of the Latin America and Caribbean Forum of Ministers and Minister of Environment and National Beautification of Barbados, as well as Voluntary National Reviews from Brunei Darussalam and Micronesia.

The meeting of the high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development in 2020 will be held from Tuesday, 7 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This will include the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 14 July, to Thursday, 16 July 2020.

The theme will be "Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development ".

The HLPF annual meeting is the core United Nations platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

In the 2020 HLPF, participants will debate where we stand on the SDGs in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. They will reflect on how the international community can respond to the pandemic in a way that puts us back on track to achieve the SDGs and accelerate progress during the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development.

47 countries will carry out voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the 2020 HLPF from Friday, 10 July to Thursday, 16 July 2020.

The HLPF will adopt a Ministerial Declaration as the outcome of its session. The President of ECOSOC will also prepare a summary to capture the key messages of the discussions.

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HPLF 2020