Halfway to the deadline for the 2030 Agenda, the UN SDG Progress Report; Special Edition 2023 shows we are leaving more than half the world behind. Progress on more than 50 per cent of targets of the SDGs is weak and insufficient; on 30 per cent, it has stalled or gone into reverse. These include key targets on poverty, hunger and climate. Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda risks becoming an epitaph for a world that might have been.

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Adoption of the Political Declaration A/HLPF/2023/L.1.

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The world remains off track to achieve gender equality by 2030. While it is the foundation for peaceful and prosperous societies, issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic has meant that any progress which had been made was paused, or reverted.

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Press briefing by Georgette Gagnon, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, on the situation in the country.

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Consideration of Nigeria

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Launch of general comment No. 26 on children's rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change

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Launch of the Commission's latest report to the Human Rights Council

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By May 2023, over 110 million were forcibly displaced from home by war, persecution, violence or human rights violations. An estimated 41% of whom are children, under the age of 18 - though they account for only 30% of the world's population. Many refugee children live in protracted crises, and even before the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly half were not in school.

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This session talks about the power of inclusivity, the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and how we can collectively champion human rights for everyone, including persons with disabilities. When applied to people with disabilities, leaving no one behind means ensuring that they have equal access to opportunities, support services, and resources, and that their rights and needs are fully recognized and addressed.

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The session will deep dive into leverage points for SDG transformation with one of the 15 scientists who wrote the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023. What does the science tell us about the way forward for transformational change? Any good practices with suggestions for the world, as well as for Japan?

Audio Languages: Japanese, Original