Excellencies, Colleagues,
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals are the result of a truly global, transparent, and inclusive negotiation process. Government officials and development partners, local authorities, representatives of civil society, the private sector and grassroots actors all took part in their elaboration.
As a result, this Agenda is the most universal, innovative and transformative development agenda for people and the planet ever adopted by the UN.
Governments have primary responsibility for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. They have a central role in setting the national, regional and global strategies and policies to ensure that the implementation of the SDGs truly promote the public good.
However, it will not be possible to fully realize the SDGs without the broad engagement of all sectors and members of society – women, men and children. Having everyone on board is crucial if we are to achieve the 17 SDGs by the deadline of 2030.
We need to continue to do more to communicate about the SDGs across societies and build a strong sense of ownership among people at the grassroots level, who are often the ones left the furthest behind, among businesses and other economic actors, local governments and national administrations and parliaments. All must realize that the SDGs are about their daily lives and that they have a stake and a role in implementing them.
The High-level Political Forum is the UN’s central platform tasked with the follow-up of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at global level. Its proceedings are greatly enriched by the robust engagement of major groups and other stakeholders, and the ideas and proposals that you bring to the table. Many of you are also actively taking part in several other important UN processes that are meant to feed into the HLPF, including the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the New Urban Agenda, and your presence here today can help to build the necessary coherence amongst these policy processes.
Through your vast networks of organizations, associations, and movements, you can also help bring the work of the UN to the local and grassroots levels. You can help build awareness amongst your constituencies, and create connections between those working in global policy spaces in multiple contexts, and those working on concrete development projects on the ground.
Your organizations, including from the scientific and technological and business communities, can also offer innovative and cutting-edge solutions that are needed to address the many obstacles that we face in implementing the SDGs, including by helping to create a more robust science-policy interface.
Today’s session is an opportunity for us to hear about your policy priorities, and your suggestions on how you can best be engaged as key partners in sustainable development.
This session also offers an opportunity to hear what are the concrete actions you have taken to implement the 2030 Agenda, to share your lessons learned and best practices and also highlight what are the challenges you are facing in implementing the Agenda.
The United Nations is committed to continue to work with major groups and other stakeholders as partners in our work at all levels. The 2030 Agenda is our shared roadmap to work together to end poverty, strengthen peace, increase resilience, and ensure a life of dignity and opportunity for all.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals are the result of a truly global, transparent, and inclusive negotiation process. Government officials and development partners, local authorities, representatives of civil society, the private sector and grassroots actors all took part in their elaboration.
As a result, this Agenda is the most universal, innovative and transformative development agenda for people and the planet ever adopted by the UN.
Governments have primary responsibility for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. They have a central role in setting the national, regional and global strategies and policies to ensure that the implementation of the SDGs truly promote the public good.
However, it will not be possible to fully realize the SDGs without the broad engagement of all sectors and members of society – women, men and children. Having everyone on board is crucial if we are to achieve the 17 SDGs by the deadline of 2030.
We need to continue to do more to communicate about the SDGs across societies and build a strong sense of ownership among people at the grassroots level, who are often the ones left the furthest behind, among businesses and other economic actors, local governments and national administrations and parliaments. All must realize that the SDGs are about their daily lives and that they have a stake and a role in implementing them.
The High-level Political Forum is the UN’s central platform tasked with the follow-up of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at global level. Its proceedings are greatly enriched by the robust engagement of major groups and other stakeholders, and the ideas and proposals that you bring to the table. Many of you are also actively taking part in several other important UN processes that are meant to feed into the HLPF, including the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the New Urban Agenda, and your presence here today can help to build the necessary coherence amongst these policy processes.
Through your vast networks of organizations, associations, and movements, you can also help bring the work of the UN to the local and grassroots levels. You can help build awareness amongst your constituencies, and create connections between those working in global policy spaces in multiple contexts, and those working on concrete development projects on the ground.
Your organizations, including from the scientific and technological and business communities, can also offer innovative and cutting-edge solutions that are needed to address the many obstacles that we face in implementing the SDGs, including by helping to create a more robust science-policy interface.
Today’s session is an opportunity for us to hear about your policy priorities, and your suggestions on how you can best be engaged as key partners in sustainable development.
This session also offers an opportunity to hear what are the concrete actions you have taken to implement the 2030 Agenda, to share your lessons learned and best practices and also highlight what are the challenges you are facing in implementing the Agenda.
The United Nations is committed to continue to work with major groups and other stakeholders as partners in our work at all levels. The 2030 Agenda is our shared roadmap to work together to end poverty, strengthen peace, increase resilience, and ensure a life of dignity and opportunity for all.
File date:
Tuesday, July 11, 2017