Stakeholders

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 67/290 , the SDG Summit brought opportunities for the participation of representatives from major groups, other relevant stakeholders and entities having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the General Assembly, building on arrangements and practices observed by the Commission on Sustainable Development, including Economic and Social Council decision 1993/215 of 12 February 1993 and Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996, which shall be applicable to the forum.

The United Nations Secretariat organized a variety of opportunities for multi-stakeholder engagement to facilitate the meaningful participation of stakeholders in the Summit, including its preparatory process.

Please, check below for additional information/updates related to stakeholder’s participation in the preparations for and during the SDG Summit Conference.

Future opportunities for engagement will be posted here.

Inputs to intergovernmental consultations

Major Groups and Other Stakeholders were invited to submit written feedback on the elements paper and the Zero Draft Political Declaration . Please, see below for details.

Written comments of MGoS to the Zero Draft: NGO Major Group , Local Authorities Major Group , Workers and Trade Unions Major Group , Women's Major Group , Farmer's Major Group , Indigenous Peoples Major Group , Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities , Volunteers Stakeholder Group , LGBTI Stakeholder Group , Stakeholder Group on Ageing , Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism , Civil Society FfD Mechanism (incl. Women's Working Group on FfD) , Sendai Group

Written comments of MGoS to the elements paper: Major Groups and Other Stakeholders (MGoS) , Business and Industry Major Group , Farmer's Major Group , Indigenous Peoples , Major Group for Children and Youth , NGO Major Group , Scientific and Technological Community Major Group , Women's Major Group , Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism , LGBTI Stakeholder Group , Persons with Disabilities , Sendai Group , Stakeholder Group of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent , Together 2030 , Volunteers

Written comments of MGoS to the Revised Zero Draft: NGO Major Group, Local Authorities Major Group, Workers and Trade Unions Major Group, Women's Major Group, European Commission for Europe Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities, Volunteers Stakeholder Group, LGBTI Stakeholder Group

Briefings and Webinars

Informal Stakeholder Dialogue on the Zero Draft Political Declaration

On 7 June 2023, UN DESA, in partnership with the SDG Action Campaign, hosted a virtual informal Stakeholder Dialogue as an opportunity for civil society organizations, networks, major groups and other stakeholders to provide inputs to the SDG Summit Zero Draft Political Declaration . The Dialogue featured welcoming remarks from the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process, H.E. Mr. Fergal Mythen of Ireland and H.E. Ms. Alya Ahmed bin Saif-Al Thani of Qatar, as well as 14 stakeholders interventions. A visual scribe illustrated the key elements of the discussion. Over 1,600 people from 140 countries registered for the event and more than 800 participated in the Zoom webinar. The session was also livestreamed on Facebook.

For access to a recording of the event, the informal summary and written submissions, please visit: bit.ly/SDGSummitZeroDraft .