Tuesday, 22 July, from 10:15 - 11:45am, Conference room 4, UNHQ, New York

The session is organized by the five Regional Commissions of the United Nations, convened this year by the Economic Commission for Africa

 

The regional session is a key discussion at the HLPF which brings in concrete examples from around the world on how to progress towards the SDGs, bridge gaps and overcome challenges. These lessons and best practices are a major value-addition of global processes such as the HLPF and Regional Forums, and the the five Regional Commissions of the United Nations play a central role in identifying and amplifying these messages. This year’s session focuses on the question of ‘What strategies can be used to mobilize regional action and leverage regional frameworks to support countries in ensuring effective follow-up to the Summit of the Future for SDG achievement?’ A report capturing the messages from all five Regional Forums will inform the session’s discussion, available here

 

Featuring interventions by: 

‰ Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa

‰ Tatiana Molcean, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission of Europe.

‰ Rola Dashti, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.

‰ Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

‰ Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and Coordinator of the Regional Commissions