Opening and High-level Policy Segment - Regional…

OPENING 

• H.E. Mr. Edil Baisalov, Chair of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan 
• Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 
• Ms. Olga Algayerova, UNECE Executive Secretary and United Nations Under-Secretary-General 
• Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger,
  Vice-Chair of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Europe and
  Central Asia and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the
  CIS 

HIGH-LEVEL POLICY SEGMENT 

Keynote address by Dr. Åsa Persson, Research
Director and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute,
Member of the Independent Group of Scientists for the 2023 UN Global
Sustainable Development Report (GSDR).

The keynote speech will set the scene for the high-level debate and
highlight the latest scientific findings on the SDGs, taking into
account the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and related
recovery measures. In addition, the process to prepare the 2023 Global
Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) and its preliminary framework will
be introduced to the audience.   

PLENARY DEBATE

Statements by high-level representatives of member States and
reporting of key messages from pre-meetings (Forum of Mayors, Civil
Society Forum, Joint IPU/ECE webinar with parliamentarians)