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High-Level Political Forum 2023

Monday, 10 July, 2023 (All day) to Wednesday, 19 July, 2023 (All day)
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Tuesday, 9 May, 2023

High-Level Political Forum 2023

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held in New York from Monday, 10 July, to Wednesday, 19 July 2023, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Monday, 17 July, to Wednesday, 19 July 2023 as part of the High-level Segment of the Council. The last day of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC will be on Thursday, 20 July 2023.

The theme will be " Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels ”.

In the forum, participants will be able to further discuss the effective and inclusive recovery measures to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and explore actionable policy guidance for the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs at all levels.

The HLPF in 2023, without prejudice to the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the SDGs, will also review in-depth Goals 6 on clean water and sanitation, 7 on affordable and clean energy, 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure, 11 on sustainable cities and communities, and 17 on partnerships for the Goals.

This includes special sessions on "Transformation from the ground up: Acting at local level" on 11 July and "SDGs in focus: SDG 11 and interlinkages with other SDGs –Sustainable cities and communities" on 13 July.

List of high-level and side events on SDG 11 and SDG localization:

In addition, 39 countries and territories will present their voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the forum: BahrainBarbadosBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBrunei DarussalamBurkina FasoCambodiaCanadaCentral African RepublicComorosChileCroatiaDemocratic Republic of the CongoEuropean UnionFranceGuyanaIcelandIrelandKuwaitLiechtensteinLithuaniaMaldivesMongoliaPolandPortugalRomaniaRwandaSaudi ArabiaSingaporeSlovakiaSt Kitts & Nevis Syrian Arab RepublicTajikistanTimor-LesteTurkmenistanUnited Republic of TanzaniaUzbekistanViet Nam, and Zambia

The HLPF in July will also support the mid-term review of the implementation of the SDGs and the preparations for the 2023 SDG Summit – the HLPF to be convened under the auspices of the General Assembly in September 2023.

Learn more here: hlpf.un.org/2023/programme

UN Web TV Live Stream Link: media.un.org/en/webtv