Professor Adil Najam, Member of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated at the Voluntary National Review Session (VNR) of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development on 17 July 2017 as lead discussant. The theme of this meeting, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council and held from 10 to 19 July 2017, is “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world”.

In his address Professor Najam called for bridging the differences in the way donor and developing countries approach SDG 17 in their VNRs, and noted that the HLPF and the UN have a key role in ensuring that crosscutting lessons are drawn from the VNRs of different countries.

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