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Theme: Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the
full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, General Assembly Hall
(Overflow
room: Conference Room 4)
Opening
The theme for the 2022 United Nations high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF)
and ECOSOC is
“Building
back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the
full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
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With 2022, we have entered the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, that has inflicted
unprecedented human suffering. With its combined social, economic and health impact, the pandemic
has outpaced any other major crisis in recent history. The 2022 HLPF will take stock of the impact of
COVID-19 and the other ongoing crises on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The forum will
provide political leadership, guidance and recommendations on how to advance the full
implementation of the 2030 Agenda during the Decade of Action and Delivery, as part of ensuring
sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery from the pandemic, with leaving no one behind.
The HLPF in 2022 will also conduct an in-depth review of Sustainable Development Goals 4 on quality
education, 5 on gender equality, 14 on life below water, 15 on life on land, and 17 on partnerships for
the Goals. The forum will take into account the different and particular impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic across all SDGs and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Goals. The forum
will also launch preparations for the mid-term review of the SDGs and the 2023 SDG Summit
Provisional agenda and documentation (E/HLPF/2022/1)
Chair:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Opening remarks:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Presentation:
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H.E. Mr.
Suriya Chindawongse
, Vice President of Economic and Social Council, on messages
from the Coordination Segment and forums under ECOSOC on the theme
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GA resolution 75/290 B
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Keynote address
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, General Assembly Hall
(Overflow
room: Conference Room 4)
(Townhall meeting)
Building back better and advancing the SDGs
What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the SDGs? Are our recovery measures advancing the 2030
Agenda? What should we do differently? Are we leaving no one behind and addressing trade-offs? How can we
address the challenges of Middle-income Countries and Countries in Special Situation? Lessons from the 2022
VNRs and other countries and stakeholders
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extensive suffering and death around the world. Beyond the many
millions who have lost loved ones to COVID-19, billions of people have had their lives, livelihoods,
education, physical and mental health disrupted. Large-scale economic disruption has increased the
poverty, hunger and economic vulnerability of hundreds of millions of people.
The pandemic has set back progress towards many SDGs almost everywhere and slowed
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. At the same time, historic progress
was made at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) with the adoption of the Glasgow
Climate Pact.
Today’s
global challenges, such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the
deteriorating humanitarian situation, require extraordinary efforts to make up lost ground and
accelerate progress. To some degree, extraordinary measures have been taken by governments in the
wake of the pandemic to cushion the impact on the poor and vulnerable populations. Yet, inequalities
across countries translate into wide discrepancies in the affordability of emergency health, social
protection and economic measures. Moreover, complex geopolitical situation has further contributed
to food insecurity, fuel shortages, spiking inflation and refugee crisis. Countries differ widely in their
ability to cushion employment and income shocks through stimulus packages, social protection
measures. Inequalities in access to financial resources and the vaccine have hindered the recovery of
many. Moreover, many developing countries, the loss of vital sources of foreign exchange
–
due for
example to the near total shutdown of international tourism and travel for many months
–
has
contributed to debt distress and the need for debt relief.
This session at the HLPF in a format of a townhall meeting. This means that the first speakers will be
identified but any other participant can then intervene from the floor. It will take stock of where
countries and the international community are with regard to implementation of the 2030 Agenda,
considering the serious systemic and emerging challenges and setbacks caused by COVID-19, the
deteriorating humanitarian situation and the risk of a decrease in resources dedicated to development
but also identifying opportunities for
“building
back better”. In this regard, it will focus on deep
structural shifts to make economies more socially equitable and environmentally sustainable and
looking whether the measures that are being put in place are really advancing the 2030 Agenda,
implementing the structural changes it requires, addressing synergies and trade-offs across the SDGs,
while leaving no one behind. It will consider whether these measures take into account the
disproportionate impact of the pandemic on vulnerable populations. This session will also address
countries at various levels of development identifying impact, but also actions that need to be taken
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for sustainable recovery in countries in special situations and looking at special challenges of middle-
income countries.
Proposed guiding questions:
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With less than eight years to achieve the SDGs, how can recovery from the pandemic be used
to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the
achievement of the SDGs? What are lessons learned and what opportunities exist to galvanize
the political commitment to make the structural reforms we need, and mobilize the financial
resources required for a sustainable recovery that advances the SDGs?
How can synergies be best maximized, and trade-offs minimized to advance accelerated
actions to achieve the SDGs, step up climate action and leave no one behind?
Are the emergency social protection and health measures implemented in response to COVID-
19 leading to durably strengthening social protection and health systems? Are resources for
recovery invested in an environmentally friendly, climate neutral way? How can we ensure
that recovery measures are gender-responsive?
How can we address the food security situation, including by building on the outcomes of the
Secretary-General’s Food System Summit?
What targeted measures need to be undertaken for countries in special situations to ensure
that policies and strategies are advancing the implementation of the SDGs? How can we
address the challenges faced by middle-income countries?
What policies, measures and innovations have emerged during the pandemic that hold
promise for inclusive and sustainable recovery and how can they be scaled up?
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Chair:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Presentation:
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Mr. Liu Zhenmin,
Under-Secretary-General of Economic and Social Affairs of the United
Nations, presentation of the report of the Secretary-General on the progress towards SDGs
Followed by a townhall style meeting
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 3:00 PM-6:00 PM, Conference Room 4
SDGs in focus:
SDG 17 and interlinkages with other SDGs
3:00 PM-4:30 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
Financing a robust crisis response and investing in the SDGs
What did ECOSOC FFD Forum call for and how can we follow-up on its recommendations?
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The global economy is facing multiple interlinked crises that are putting the achievement of the SDGs
at risk. The protracted COVID-19 pandemic and the growing climate and other crises have reversed
hard-won development gains and put immense pressure on already limited fiscal space in developing
countries. The burden is even more acute for countries with high levels of debt. As a result, the pre-
pandemic SDG financing gap of $2.5 trillion annually is likely to go up significantly
–
with some
estimates suggesting an increase of up to 70%. Therefore, there is an urgent need to mobilize financing
at scale from all sources in a speedy and sustainable manner.
The 2022 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development (FFD) made key gains to address the SDG
financing shortfall. The Forum featured clear calls to support those who are at greatest risk of being
left behind by fulfilling official development assistance (ODA) commitments, increasing grant and
highly concessional financing mechanisms, boosting domestic resource mobilization and international
tax cooperation and expanding climate finance. The
Forum’s
outcome document, which was adopted
by consensus, made important strides in advancing commitments on social protection, concessional
and grant finance, debt treatments and other key areas.
This session will take forward the outcomes of the FFD Forum to provide political leadership, guidance
and recommendations on the policies, forms of cooperation and other tools necessary to mobilize
finance for a global recovery, tackle the climate crisis and achieve the SDGs.
Proposed guiding questions:
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How has the financing for development landscape changed as a result of the interlinked crises?
What has the impact been on the achievement of the SDGs?
Building on the FFD Forum outcome document:
What innovative policies, tools and mechanisms can countries and the international
community adopt to address the immediate socio-economic impact of the crises and scale up
financing for the SDGs?
What public policies and regulatory frameworks would facilitate more private sector
investments in the SDGs?
What financing priorities will accelerate a just transition toward environmentally sustainable
economies?
Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Interactive panel discussion
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 4:30 PM-5:30 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
Mobilizing and sharing science, technology and innovation
for an SDG driven recovery
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COVID-19 has shown the huge potential of science, technology and innovation (STI) for responding to
crises and realizing the SDGs. It also showed the impact of inequalities in the ability to access and use
STI. Building on the outcome and recommendations of the 7th ECOSOC Multi-stakeholder Forum on
Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (5-6 May 2022) and
considering the recommendations contained in the co-chairs’ Summary of the STI Forum, this session
aims to further advance progress in gearing STI towards the SDGs and in maximizing benefits from the
Technology Facilitation Mechanism under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and other
related UN processes.
The session will discuss the main challenges and opportunities for mobilizing STI and strengthening the
science-policy-society interface. Views, suggestions, and current achievements are expected to be
shared by practitioners, policymakers, and experts based on their most recent experiences and
research.
Proposed guiding questions:
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What are examples/good practices of use of technologies and innovations during the COVID-
19 crisis to tackle inequalities affecting vulnerable groups, including by ensuring equal access
to quality healthcare, education, and finance? How can these be shared and scaled up?
Proactive STI policy measures are needed to stimulate research efforts, focus investments, and
inspire coordination. Does your country have a science, technology and innovation (STI)
roadmaps or action plans and how can this contribute to a more cost-effective SDGs-focused
STI development?
From an STI perspective what are some of the key lessons learned on what worked and what
did not work to meet the targets related to SDG 4 on quality education, SDG 5 on gender
equality, SDG 14 on life below water, and SDG 15 on life on land? Taking into consideration the
strategies that did not work to meet the SDG targets, how could these barriers be overcome
in the near future?
How can we further strengthen international cooperation on science, technology, and
innovation for an SDG driven recovery, building on the 2030 Agenda?
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Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Interactive panel discussion
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 5:30 PM-6:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Fireside Chat)
Other aspects of SDG 17 including capacity development and partnerships
SDG17, on strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for
sustainable development is the only Sustainable Development Goal that is reviewed annually by the
HLPF (A/RES/70/299). Three of the key areas of SDG 17, namely finance, trade, science and technology,
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will be highlighted in two sessions in the afternoon of 5 July, building on ECOSOC Forum on Financing
for Development and ECOSOC Multistakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
This session will focus on two other critical elements of SDG 17, namely capacity building, and multi-
stakeholder partnerships as key building blocks in an enhanced global partnership for sustainable
development.
Participants will focus on capacity development in the area of statistics, technology, law-making,
notably and on partnerships in these and other areas.
In the discussion, lessons learned, challenges and emerging issues in these areas will be briefly
highlighted by speakers. Interventions will also outline current challenges to maximizing benefits of
multistakeholder partnerships, and capacity building -- including through using science, technology and
innovation as well as policies or law making -- as the world is slowly emerging from the devastating
effects of the Covid-19 pandemic amidst a new global crisis in the area of food, energy access and other
aspects.
Proposed guiding questions:
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How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected global solidarity and capacity building activities in
areas related to sustainable development and elaboration of related legislation?
What type of capacity building and partnerships work best according to acquired experience
in national statistical offices to improve high-quality, timely, reliable and disaggregated data?
How can multistakeholder partnerships be mobilized or re-energized towards achieving other
goals under review at the 2022 HLPF (on education, gender, life on land and life under water)
and ensure developing
countries’
access to science, technology, and innovation in a post-Covid
setting? How can the private sector be encouraged to increase its engagement in
partnerships?
Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Fireside chat
Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies:
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
SDGs in focus:
SDG 4 and interlinkages with other SDGs - Quality education
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How has COVID-19 impacted education and what are the lessons learned? What kind of responses
can support access to quality education and life-long learning for everyone? What are key issues for
the Sept. 2022 Transforming Education Summit?
Access to quality education and lifelong learning is a means for escaping poverty and an enabler of
progress across the 2030 Agenda. Empowered learners can lead the way in tackling the critical
challenges of our time including the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and
pollution; social unravelling due to mistrust, hate and violence; and pressures against multilateralism
and global citizenship. When SDG 4 was reviewed in 2019, the world was off track to meet the
education commitments by 2030. It was facing a learning crisis due to shortcomings in education
quality, equity and inclusiveness particularly for girls, the poor and conflict-affected populations. Then
COVID-19 further disrupted learning and exacerbated educational inequalities across the world.
Temporary closure of schools impacted more than 91 per cent of students worldwide with 1.6 billion
children out of school including nearly 369 million children who rely on school meals for daily nutrition.
This session at the HLPF will explore lessons learned during the COVID-19 crisis and how responses can
be directed toward the provision of quality education and lifelong learning for everyone. It will consider
how innovations in learning that emerged during the crisis, including through digital technologies, can
boost access and quality rather than exacerbate inequalities. This session will consider the co-benefits
SDG 4 can have with other Goals and contribute an interlinked perspective to the Summit for
Transforming Education.
Proposed guiding questions:
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What are the major impacts of COVID-19 on education and lifelong learning that risk pushing
back progress towards SDG 4 and other SDGs?
How can recovery from the pandemic be used to accelerate progress in education in ways that
contribute to all three pillars of sustainability
–
economic, social and environmental? Are there
strong examples of how education and training systems are supporting just transitions to green
economies?
What innovations have emerged during the pandemic that hold promise for inclusive
education, including those that address challenges for girls, and how can they be scaled up?
How should the education sector be transformed to better contribute to building aware and
engaged global citizens who can be change-makers? How can education contribute to building
trust in science and in institutions?
What opportunities does the Transforming Education Summit offer for overcoming barriers to
accessing quality education and life-long learning for everyone? What are some policy changes
that can happen now, what actions could be taken over the next year, and what are some
longer-term commitments that need to be started now?
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
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Chair:
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Interactive panel discussion
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Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 12:00 PM -1:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
Acting at local level
How can we bolster local action to achieve the SDGs and respond to COVID-19? What can we learn
from the increasing number of Voluntary National Reviews and inform Voluntary National Reviews?
Local action is required in order to build back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while
advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Indeed, it is
estimated that at least 100 of the 169 SDG targets will not be reached without proper engagement and
co-ordination with local and regional governments. This has been recognized by Member States, which
have emphasized the critical role of local and regional governments in SDG implementation and
committed to empowering and supporting cities, local authorities and communities in pursuing the
2030 Agenda (
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As part of their efforts to localize the 2030 Agenda, local and regional governments are increasingly
engaging in reviews of their SDG implementation, also called Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). VLRs can
be a powerful accelerator of SDG implementation. They have the potential to contribute to the
collection and analysis of timely, accurate and disaggregated data at the local level; to bring all
stakeholders, including those in vulnerable situations, closer to decision-making processes that impact
their lives and livelihoods, including access to quality public goods and services. They can also
strengthen multilevel governance, foster local planning and inform the elaboration of Voluntary
National Reviews. VLRs also promote the adoption of local and regional approaches for the design and
implementation of policies that reflect local, regional, national and international contexts and respond,
as appropriate, to the specific needs of local communities and geographical areas and institutional
settings. VLRs represent a unique tool to foster the link between the SDGs and COVID-19 recovery
efforts while providing evidence for the design of COVID-19 recovery plans and priority interventions
both at local and national levels. The practice of carrying out VLRs is being taken up not only by capital
and large cities but also smaller cities, provinces, and districts, including in rural areas. Member States
are also increasingly benefitting from VLRs in their national level reviews. In 2021, they contributed to
the preparations of the VNRs of countries including Cabo Verde, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Malaysia, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.
The Ministerial declaration of the 2021 high-level political forum on sustainable development noted
that the VLRs are a useful tool to show progress and foster exchange in local implementation of the
2030 Agenda and the SDGs. In his recent Report on Our Common Agenda, the Secretary-General
further stated that:
“The
role of parliaments, cities and other subnational authorities is particularly
being recognized in inclusive approaches, with, for example, Voluntary Local Reviews of Sustainable
Development Goal implementation providing a model on which to build. Cities, local authorities and
specifically VLRs are key actors and processes to advance sustainable development and inclusive
multilateralism”
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. The present session will explore the important and growing role of VLRs in SDG
localization and provide an opportunity for the sharing of key lessons from processes to date.
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A/RES/74/4, para. 27 (e).
UN Secretary General Report on Our Common Agenda
https://www.un.org/en/content/common-agenda-report/
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Proposed guiding questions:
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Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
What are some of the main challenges and bottlenecks for effective implementation of the
SDGs at local level? What type of capacity building and support is required to ensure that cities,
local authorities and communities are empowered and equipped to implement the SDGs?
What innovative approaches have been taken to raise awareness on and demystify the SDGs
at local level?
How can the VLRs bolster local action to achieve the SDGs and respond to COVID19?
What can we learn from the increasing number of VLRs being carried out?
What positive examples exist in terms of VLR processes fostering participatory approaches to
SDG implementation and to leaving no one behind or gathering data relevant to the SDGs at
local level?
How do Voluntary Local Reviews and Voluntary National Review inform and strengthen each
other?
What positive examples exist of dialogue between the national and local levels in terms of SDG
implementation?
Interactive panel discussion
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
African countries, Least Developed Countries
and Landlocked Developing Countries
Ensuring equal access to vaccines and resources in the poorest countries
How far have we progressed in ensuring equitable access to vaccines and to enable LDCs, LLDCs and
African countries to sustainably recover from the pandemic? How can we address these
countries’
needs for financial resources and other support? What new measures are needed to implement the
Doha Programme of Action for the LDCs?
As reducing global inequalities remains a prerequisite to build back a better world post-COVID-19,
development partners and the United Nations must boost cooperation with African countries, Least
Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries to ensure access to the resources these
countries need for COVID-19 response and recovery plans. This includes ensuring equal access to
vaccines, for all countries and populations. It also calls for increased targeted support to the
implementation of national strategies to achieve the SDGs and mobilization of adequate financial
resources.
This session will address a number of priority areas defined by these countries as essential to ensure
economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Those include food security, access to the vaccine,
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effective fiscal and debt management, financing for development, capacity building, trade, access to
digital technologies, investment in green economy initiatives, sustainable industry and infrastructure,
and the mobilization of domestic resources for climate resilience and sustainable food systems. In
doing so, measures that prioritize the needs of women and those of other disadvantaged social groups
will be considered to ensure concrete benefits to the population, while leaving no one behind.
The session will discuss solutions for addressing those priorities and reducing inequalities in all
dimensions, within and between countries; investing in sound institutions to ensure the resilience of
financial frameworks to future shocks; integrating national planning processes with national and
external financing strategies, including through integrated national financing frameworks; as well as
domestication of the SDGs and their alignment with national development plans. It will also reflect on
the Doha Programme of Action adopted in March 2022, and how best to support its implementation
as an integral part of the recovery from COVID-19 and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
Proposed guiding questions:
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Chair:
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President of Vice President of ECOSOC
How far have we progressed in ensuring equitable access to vaccines and to enable LDCs, LLDCs
and African countries to sustainably recover from the pandemic?
What is the economic impact of limited access to vaccines in LDCs, LLDCs and African
countries?
How can the international community best respond to these
countries’
needs for financial
resources and other support, and what are the changes needed in the international financial
and economic systems to that end?
What are the most appropriate national policy frameworks to reverse the negative impact of
the pandemic on the SDGs and engage these countries in a sustainable and resilient
development process guided by the 2030 Agenda?
What new measures are needed to implement the Doha Programme of Action for the LDCs?
Interactive panel discussion
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Thursday, 8 July 2022, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
SDGs in focus:
SDG 5 and interlinkages with other SDGs - Gender equality
What are the most promising strategies and actions today for overcoming gender inequality and
discrimination? How can the empowerment of women and girls accelerate SDG progress and recovery
from COVID-19?
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The last time SDG 5
–
achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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was reviewed at the
High-level Political Forum in 2017, there was evidence of some progress being made to advance gender
equality, including legal reforms, more girls in school, and fewer child marriages. The percentage of
women serving in parliament had increased. Nevertheless, the pace of change was not fast enough
and discriminatory laws, social norms, gender stereotypes and violence against women remained
pervasive, and women continued to be underrepresented at all levels of decision-making processes
and political leadership.
The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 have added to this, disproportionately affecting women and
girls, and threatening to push back recent progress and further entrench persistent gender inequalities.
Disproportionate job and livelihoods losses, derailed education, increased burdens of unpaid care
work, and increased rates of gender-based violence are among the struggles women and girls have
faced with greater intensity since the onset of the pandemic.
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During the pandemic women have been
more exposed making up 70 per cent of health care workers, and more likely to leave the labour market
altogether. Negative impacts are compounded for women and girls who are marginalized based on
multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, age, income, geography,
disability, or other characteristics. Women migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, as well as forcibly
displaced women living in humanitarian crises, are also at heightened risk.
Gender equality has critical interlinkages with all 17 SDGs. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development cannot be fully achieved unless gender inequality is addressed. As countries respond to
and recover from COVID-19, this requires addressing the root causes of gender discrimination through
promotion of gender-responsive laws, policies, institutions, programming, and budgeting across
sectors. As it stands, only about 40 percent of national-level policy measures are designed to respond
to gender-specific risks and challenges. This session will focus on concrete policies and actions that can
ensure an equitable recovery from COVID-19 that accounts for the needs of women are girls at all
levels of decision-making. It will also consider actions to advance gender equality and empower women
and girls in the context of advancing progress across the 2020 Agenda.
Proposed guiding questions:
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What is the current status of progress and trends on the SDG 5 indicators and gender equality
more broadly?
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted progress on SDG 5, particularly considering women
and girls facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination?
How can we redirect more financing towards advancing the implementation of SDG 5,
including through gender-responsive budgeting, access to economic opportunities, and
international trade? How can gender data help inform this transition?
In building a gender-equitable recovery from COVID-19, what are some key barriers,
opportunities and promising practices in the areas of social protection, health systems,
4https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/Library/Publications/2020/Gender-
equality-in-the-wake-of-COVID-19-en.pdf;
see also
https://data.unwomen.org/publications/whose-time-care-unpaid-care-
and-domestic-work-during-covid-19
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economic opportunities, particularly as pertains to employment opportunities and the care
burden?
Considering the interlinkages between SDG 5 and other SDGs, what are the main barriers and
opportunities to advance gender equality in the areas of climate resilience, natural resources,
technology and infrastructure?
Chair:
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President of Vice President of ECOSOC
Interactive panel discussion
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Fireside Chat)
Working towards the 2023 SDG Summit
Launching preparations for the mid-term review of the SDGs and the September
2023 SDG Summit
The second
“SDG Summit”
- the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development under the
auspices of the General Assembly will be convened in September 2023 during the General Assembly
high-level week in New York
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. The Summit will mark the mid-point review of the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The world is trying to embark on a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery from the COVID-19
pandemic that advances the SDGs, amidst the impacts of the current geo-political situations. At the
Summit, the Heads of State and Government will comprehensively review progress in the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, and provide political guidance for the way forward
for accelerating the full implementation of the SDGs in the remaining years towards 2030.
This session will launch the preparations for the mid-term review of the SDGs and the September 2023
SDG Summit. Speakers will discuss the focus and expected outcomes from the Summit, the
comprehensive preparations for the Summit and the mid-term review of the implementation of the
SDGs at the national, regional and global levels, and ways to strengthen coordination and synergies
with relevant intergovernmental processes.
Proposed guiding questions:
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What would be the main focus and expected outcomes of the 2023 SDG Summit, for
supporting the kind of recovery from COVID-19, climate and other crises in a way that advances
the implementation of the 2030 Agenda?
5
GA resolutions
67/290, 70/299, 75/290B
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How can we best prepare the Summit at the national, regional and global levels? How to better
use the findings from the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report?
What kind of achievements can countries, international institutions and other stakeholders
deliver by the time of the Summit? Which countries, network or organization can advocate for
the delivery of new policies or initiatives and for new ambitious commitments to be made at
the Summit?
How to make the Summit unique and how to bring the voices from people including the most
vulnerable groups such as women, youth and children, and grass roots community
representatives to the meeting and its outcomes?
How to better coordinate the SDG Summit with other relevant processes, including Our
Common Agenda, the Transforming Education Summit, the Summit of the Future, the mid-
term review of the Sendai Framework, and the High-level Dialogue on Financing for
Development?
Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Fireside chat
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
SDGs in focus:
SDG 14 and interlinkages with other SDGs
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Life below water
Building on the Ocean Conference, what actions and partnerships can build synergies among COVID-
19 recovery, economic development and ocean health? How best can we use the momentum from the
Ocean Conference to strengthen the science - policy interface to support sustainable ocean
management?
The 2017 HLPF
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when SDG 14 was last reviewed
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highlighted the multiple impacts of human
pressures, including climate change, ocean acidification, overfishing and marine pollution, on coastal
and marine ecosystems. These pressures were seen as compromising the gains made in the sustainable
management of ecosystems and in conservation efforts, including the effectiveness of marine
protected areas. While positive gains for oceans and communities had been achieved locally, global
trends in rising pressures largely overshadowed those gains. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic in
many ways has added to the pressures including through the surge of biomedical plastic waste [e.g.,
masks] and disposable single-use plastics utilized to minimize exposure to the virus.
Against this background and building on the outcomes of the Ocean Conference in Lisbon, the
discussions at the HLPF SDG 14 session will aim to reinvigorate commitment and action towards
achieving SDG 14, and to set the foundation for collaborative framework that is innovative and well
supported financially and otherwise.
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Chair:
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President or Vice President of Economic and Social Council
What has changed since the SDG was last reviewed in 2017 including in relation to the COVID-
19 pandemic?
What are the next steps regarding SDG 14 targets that have now expired?
How can we best utilize the momentum from the Ocean Conference to strengthen the science
- policy interface to support sustainable ocean management?
Building on the UN Ocean Conference, what are the interlinkages with other SDGs and
opportunities to leverage synergies and minimize trade-offs?
What are the key actions, partnerships, and financing frameworks for enhancing COVID-19
recovery, sustainable economic development and ocean health?
How can ocean action better support gender equality?
Interactive panel discussion
Monday, 11 July 2022
Monday, 11 July 2022, 9:00 AM-9:10 AM, Conference Room 4
Introduction of report on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
Sustainable Development Goal 12 established that sustainable consumption and production is key to
realize all SDGs. The General Assembly affirms in its resolution 70/201 that due consideration should
continue to be given to sustainable consumption and production at the meetings of the high-level
political forum on sustainable development, held under the auspices of the Economic and Social
Council.
Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Presentation:
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Mr. Irfan Tariq,
10YFP / One Planet Network Chair, Director General, Environment and Climate
Change, Ministry of Climate Change of Pakistan, on Progress report on the 10-Year Framework
of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
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Monday, 11 July 2022, 9:10 AM-12:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
SDGs in focus:
SDG 15 and interlinkages with other SDGs
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Life on land
What concrete measures can help reshape the human-nature relationship and set development on a
more sustainable path? How can we build momentum for action around the post-2020 global
biodiversity framework?
Nature and
nature’s
contributions to people are essential for human existence and good quality of life,
and none of the global goals for the protection of life on Earth and for halting the degradation of land
and oceans have been fully met. Many are trending in the wrong direction. To build back better
following the global COVID-19 pandemic, progress under SDG 15 needs to shift from incremental to
transformative change, with multi-sector, multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Proposed guiding questions:
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What concrete measures can help reshape the human-nature relationship and set
development on a more sustainable path?
What are the main governance, regulatory and market failures that need to be overcome in
this decade, and which policy area and actions are necessary to activate a system-wide shift to
better value for nature and toward including the multiple benefits of nature in decision
making?
What opportunities do the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the land degradation
neutrality target, the Global Forest Goals of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests, and the Paris
Agreement implementation processes offer to promote more impactful, large-scale change for
the protection and sustainable management of terrestrial ecosystems, biodiversity and land
resources?
Where are opportunities to ensure fair, effective, inclusive, and transparent participation of
rights holders, civil society (especially women and Indigenous peoples), and other stakeholders
in the SDG 15 process? Are there any examples from global or national initiatives that could
be replicated?
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Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Interactive panel discussion
Monday, 11 July 2022, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Conference Room 4
Voluntary National Reviews
As part of its follow-up and review architecture, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
encourages Member States to
“conduct
regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national and
subnational levels, which are country led and country
driven”
(paragraph 79). These national reviews
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are expected to serve as a basis for the regular reviews by the HLPF, meeting under the auspices of
ECOSOC.
As stipulated in paragraph 84 of the 2030 Agenda, regular reviews by the HLPF are to be voluntary,
state-led, undertaken by both developed and developing countries, and involve multiple stakeholders.
The voluntary national reviews (VNRs) aim to facilitate the sharing of experiences, including successes,
challenges and lessons learned, with a view to accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
The VNRs also seek to strengthen policies and institutions of governments and to mobilize multi-
stakeholder support and partnerships for the implementation of the SDGs.
45 countries will conduct VNRs at the 2022 HLPF. 12 countries will present for the 1st time, 28 for the
2nd time, 3 for the 3rd time, and 2 countries for the 4th time.
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
2 VNRs:
Tongo, Uruguay
Monday, 11 July 2022, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
Small Island Developing States
Building back better in vulnerable situations
How can we build international consensus on the uptake and use of the Multi-Dimensional Vulnerability
Index (MVI) to give SIDS access the support they need to build forward better in the aftermath of
the COVID-19 pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects in SIDS illustrate how vulnerability to shocks combined with
low resilience can have a severe and long-lasting detrimental effect on economic growth and
sustainable development. It also reminds us that shocks have economic, social and environmental
impacts, are often interconnected, and that structural factors lead to a high sensitivity and exposure
to exogenous shocks. While it is the responsibility of national policies to mitigate the consequences of
exogenous shocks, and so make the country more resilient, history has shown how economic growth
and human development are threatened by exogenous shocks of various origins. This is why the fight
against vulnerability must be at the heart of international policy aiming at supporting SIDS (and other
vulnerable developing countries).
COVID-19 may have opened the way for a paradigm shift in development cooperation in SIDS, to make
resilience building a more central concern. In this regard a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI)
meeting certain specific criteria and supported by international consensus would be a powerful tool in
directing international effort towards integrating vulnerability more centrally into global strategies of
UN institutions, international financial institutions, and the work of international development
partners.
Proposed guiding questions:
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How do we build international consensus for the use of an MVI？
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How can official financing strategies and mechanisms used to support SIDS, better include
vulnerabilities?
What is needed for acceptance of an MVI by International Financial Institutions and
International Development Partners? What should the MVI include？
How can resilience building and the development of proactive and preventive strategies
become more central in the international strategies pursued in development cooperation？
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Interactive panel discussion
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Conference Room 4
(Panel)
Vision of civil society:
Leaving no one behind in recovering better
How can we identify those left behind and how can we provide social protection and other measures to
contribute to more equal societies and build resilience?
The role of the Major Groups and Other Stakeholders (MGoS) in the implementation, follow-up and
review of the Sustainable Development Goas was established by the General Assembly in its resolution
67/290 and in paragraph 89 of the 2030 Agenda. The role of civil society in ensuring that no one is left
behind cannot be underestimated. This session, organized by the Coordination Mechanism of the
MGoS, will discuss pathways for moving forward in the post COVID-19 recovery and advancing the
2030 Agenda. It will address the urgent need for expansion of policy and fiscal space of developing
countries through systemic reforms and financing policies that can ensure better alignment between
social, ecological, economic and climate priorities.
Proposed guiding questions:
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The large recovery gaps between countries urgently require the expansion of policy and fiscal
space of developing countries. Which systemic reforms and financing policies can ensure
better alignment between social, ecological, economic and climate priorities?
How could governments effectively make more resources - fiscal and human - to quality and
inclusive public services for education, health, and social protection?
How could governments uphold the
“Right
to
Development”
as a fundamental framework for
implementing the 2030 Agenda and tackling inequalities between and within countries, in
order to leave no one behind based on human rights and gender perspectives?
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Interactive discussion
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 11:00 AM - 1:05 PM, Conference Room 4
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
5 VNRs:
Argentina, Ghana, Latvia, Philippines, Switzerland
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Conference Room 4
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
7 VNRs:
Belarus, El Salvador, Eswatini, Gambia, Greece, Mali, United Arab Emirates
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Ministerial Segment
Theme: Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the
full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM, General Assembly Hall
(Overflow
room: Conference Room 4)
Opening of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC / Ministerial Segment of HLPF
Chair:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Opening remarks:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Mr. António Guterres,
Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid,
President of the General Assembly
H.E. Mr. Mokgweetsi Masisi,
President of the Republic of Botswana
H.E. Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa,
President of Portugal, Co-host of the UN Ocean
Conference
Keynote address
Youth representatives
(messages on behalf of youth)
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 10:40 AM-1:00 PM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
4VNRs:
Guinea-Bissau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia
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Wednesday, 13 July 2022, 3:00 PM-6:00 PM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
5 VNRs:
Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Suriname, Tuvalu
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Ministerial Segment
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General debate
Thursday, 14 July 2022
9:00-14:00
National Voluntary Reviews
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Messages from the regions
This session will focus on regional action and leveraging regional frameworks to support countries
on the road to recovery and rebuilding from the devastating impacts of the pandemic.
The 2030 Agenda stresses the importance of the regional and sub-regional dimensions in the follow-
up and review of the Agenda. Since the creation of the HLPF, Regional Forums on Sustainable
Development have been organized by the United Nations Regional Commissions to contribute to
the
forum’s
preparations and provide a regional perspective at the HPLF discussions. Their
importance was recognized in the Political Declaration of the SDG Summit in September 2019 and
in the 2021 General Assembly review of the HLPF.
The session will discuss the findings and recommendations from the Regional Forums on
Sustainable Development. It will include interventions by the Ministerial Chairs of the Regional
Forums, the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions and representatives of regional
organizations, followed by an interactive discussion with participants.
As we approach the halfway mark between the adoption and finish line of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, we must accelerate progress or reverse current trends to achieve its
2030 ambitions. While the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis is still under way, the impacts of the
war in Ukraine threaten to further reverse development gains, leading to worldwide disruptions in
food, energy and finance systems that are triggering increases in poverty and hunger and
threatening political stability.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts of the war in Ukraine are global crises that require unity,
solidarity, and renewed multilateral cooperation.
Against this background, the session will highlight regional situations and ways in which Regional
Commissions are contributing to addressing these crises through mobilizing regional action and
leveraging regional frameworks.
The session will address the following questions:
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How can regional cooperation and partnerships contribute to recovering better, building
resilience against future shocks and delivering on the 2030 Agenda?
Which policy actions should be taken in areas such as social protection and education to be
inclusive and sustainable, grounded in human rights, focused on the vulnerable and on
empowering women and girls?
How can investments be scaled up to accelerate the transition to inclusive and green
economies, preserve ecosystems and promote just transitions in digital connectivity,
energy and food systems?
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What reforms are required for the global financial architecture to effectively address the
large economic, social and environmental gaps and asymmetries between countries and
within countries in the various regions?
Chair:
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President or Vice President of ECOSOC
Presentations and interactive discussion
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 10:30 AM-10:45 AM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Outcomes of UN Environment Assembly
The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) contributes to the effective implementation and full
integration of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
acknowledging that a healthy environment is an essential requirement and key enabler for
sustainable development. In her allocution, the President of the UN Environment Assembly, H.E.
Ms. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of the Kingdom of
Morocco, will convey the main messages of the UN Environment Assembly and present the
contributions of the Assembly to the debates of the HLPF.
The resumed fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly was held from 28 February to 2 March
2022, in Nairobi under the theme
“Strengthening
Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable
Development
Goals”.
UNEA-5 was followed by a Special Session of the UN Environment
Assembly, UNEP@50, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the creation of UNEP in 1972. The
special session was held in Nairobi, 3-4 March 2022, under the overall theme of "Strengthening
UNEP for the implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development”.
Chair:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Keynote speaker:
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H.E. Ms. Leila Benali,
Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of the
Kingdom of Morocco, UNEA-6 President
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Ministerial Segment
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 10:45 AM-1:00 PM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
4 VNRs:
Eritrea, Gabon, Grenada, Netherlands
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 3:00 PM-6:00 PM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
7 VNRs:
Andorra, Cote
d’Ivoire,
Ethiopia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Sudan
Friday, 15 July 2022
Friday, 15 July 2022, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC (9:00 AM-11:00 AM)
9 VNRs:
Italy, Jamaica, Lesotho, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Montenegro, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Friday, 15 July 2022, 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Conference Room 4
HLPF
Voluntary National Reviews
Chair:
President or Vice President of ECOSOC
2 VNRs:
Botswana, Cameroon
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Ministerial Segment
Friday, 15 July 2022, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Conference Room 4
Closing of the HLPF
Chair: H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration
Closing remarks:
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed,
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (tbc)
H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Conclusion of the HLPF
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Theme: Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the
full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Monday, 18 July 2022
High-level Segment of ECOSOC
(Continued)
Monday, 18 July 2022, 9:00 AM -9:30 AM, ECOSOC Chamber
Introduction of SG reports on the theme of HLPF and ECOSOC
and on scenarios and long-term impact of current trends on the SDGs
Report of the Committee on Development Policy
Chair:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Presentations:
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Mr. Liu Zhenmin,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations,
introduction of the Secretary-General’s reports on the theme of HLPF and ECOSOC 2022 and on
long-term future trends and scenarios
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impacts on the realization of Sustainable Development
Goals
Mr. José Antonio Ocampo,
Chair of the Committee on Development Policy (CDP), introduction of
the CDP report
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Monday, 18 July 2022, 9:30 AM -1:00 PM, ECOSOC Chamber
(Panel and interventions by Ministers and other participants)
Future proofing multilateralism for a resilient and inclusive recovery
What have we learned about multilateralism from COVID-19? How can we best support multilateralism
and international cooperation for building back better? How can multilateral collaboration be reimagined
to be more effective in the future? What are the key reforms needed in multilateral institutions that
would allow for adequate representation of developing countries in international institutions?
Multilateralism is being tested with the ongoing crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate
crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution, as well as the increasing conflicts. The response to COVID-19,
especially in its early phases, showed grave shortcomings in multilateralism and international solidarity.
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On-going global challenges are putting at risk the already fragile economic recovery around the world.
Rising global inflation, driven by recent higher energy and food prices as well as persistent supply chain
disruptions and tighter labor markets in many countries, are sending alarming waves in developing
countries and are creating additional challenges to policymakers. Many of the needed transformations to
recover and build back better and respond to other crises require strengthened multilateral cooperation,
collaboration, solidarity and dialogue among multiple stakeholders. It is critical to ensure international
solidarity with the poorest and most vulnerable countries and people, and with those most affected by
crises.
The Secretary-General, in his report on Our Common Agenda, made proposals to improve multilateralism
and make it more inclusive, networked and effective. The Committee for Development Policy has
proposed the design of a new multilateralism for a resilient recovery, where action is urgently needed in
four areas: the public health response to the pandemic; finance and debt relief; climate change and social
protection, including labor rights and education.
Proposed guiding questions:
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What are some lessons learned about multilateralism from the response to the COVID-19
pandemic?
How can multilateral collaboration be reimagined to be more effective in the future?
How can we make multilateralism more inclusive and engaging to deliver a sustainable recovery
for people most left behind?
What are the urgent measures that the multilateral system could undertake to tackle the impact
of debt, rising inflation pressures and other financial developments in developing countries?
Chair:
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Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Interactive panel discussion
Interventions by Ministers and other participants
Monday, 18 July 2022,3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, ECOSOC Chamber
(Panel)
Looking ahead: Acting today to secure a better future
Future trends and scenarios for building back better from COVID-19 and their long-term impacts. What
are different scenarios for building back better? What current trends could greatly impact the future, and
which need to be changed or adapted? What trends and scenarios carry the greatest hope and risk
towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda?
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As decided by the General Assembly, the High-level Segment of ECOSOC shall focus on
“future
trends and
scenarios related to the Council theme, the long-term impact of current trends, such as contribution of
new technologies, in the economic, social and environmental areas on the realization of the
SDGs.”
The world continues to face serious challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the climate crisis and
growing inequality and divisions. The lasting effects of the pandemic continue to impact the world through
the health, social and economic repercussions. After a brief respite, the environmental trends in climate
change, biodiversity loss, desertification, deforestation, and pollution continue to be on the rise. Recent
developments have also contributed to uncertainty about inflation, food security and international
stability.
Since the onset of the pandemic, various policy and societal responses have been implemented to recover
and build back better. Many countries are implementing ambitious plans that invest in sustainable
development. Some of these plans are based on strategic foresight, analyzing long-term trends and
formulating scenarios to characterize and plan for the future.
The policies, reforms and investments implemented today to restructure and strengthen our economies
and societies will impact economic, social, and environmental trajectories for years to come. In this
context, strategic foresight can highlight opportunities for more sustainable and resilient trajectories that
address existing and potential crises, reduce inequalities and achieve the SDGs.
This session will present different perspectives and experiences and engage participants in a dialogue on
forward-looking policy approaches to building back better and investing in sustainable development. It
will apply a forward-looking lens to analyse the long-term policies and multilateral collaboration needed
to build back better, achieve the 2030 Agenda, and achieve and maintain sustainable development in the
future beyond the year 2030. Countries will share their experience in elaborating long-term visions for
their sustainable development paths and scenarios and how these are being impacted by ongoing crisis.
The discussion will be informed by Secretary-General’s reports on this
year’s
theme (E/2022/57) and on
long-term future trends and scenarios (E/2022/58).
Proposed guiding questions:
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What significant trends are currently being observed that could greatly impact the future? What
trends need to be changed or adapted? What current trends carry the greatest risk towards the
achievement of the 2030 Agenda?
What can we learn from the different country experiences in responding to the COVID-19
pandemic and the use of strategic foresight in the formulation of their plans to recover and build
back better?
What are different scenarios for a successful recovery and building back better from the COVID-
19 pandemic? What steps need to be taken to achieve these scenarios?
How can plans for building back better incorporate innovations for reducing inequalities and
bridging the digital divide over the long-term?
What are examples of near-term decisions that can be made to ensure long-term positive
outcomes, such as in the areas of food security and climate change?
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How can we achieve the best-case scenario where mobilization of technologies and other policies
allow the world to realize the 2030 Agenda? What are the opportunities to be realized, and pitfalls
to be avoided, in the immediate- and medium-term towards these ends? How can international
cooperation best provide support?
Chair:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Interactive panel discussion
Monday, 18 July 2022, 5:00 PM -6:00 PM, ECOSOC Chamber
Conclusion of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC
Chair:
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H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration
Closing remarks:
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Mr. Liu Zhenmin,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile,
President of Economic and Social Council
Conclusion of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC
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