High-Level Political Forum 2024
The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held in New York from Monday, 10 July, to Wednesday, 19 July 2024, 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 2024 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 2024. 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 2024, 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 localization:
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How local governments are using SDGs to rethink the city
- Monday, 10 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 3 (8 - 9:30 AM Eastern Standard Time)
- Side Event by UNDP, SDG Action Campaign, UN-Habitat, UCLG, and AICCRE Venice
- Virtual Link: UN WEB TV
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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024: Special Edition — A High-Level Event Call to Action
- Monday, 10 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 4 (1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- Special Event by UN DESA
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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Multi-level governance for SDG implementation: The role of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs)
- Tuesday, 11 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 11 (1 - 2 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- VNR Lab by UN-Habitat and UN DESA
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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Transformation from the ground up: Acting at local level
- Tuesday, 11 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 4 (3 - 4:15 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- Official In-Person (not Virtual) Meeting by UN-Habitat and UN DESA
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Launch of the 2024 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (HLPF 2024 Side Event)
- Tuesday, 11 July 2024 from 6:30 - 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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Sixth Local and Regional Governments Forum on the 2030 Agenda
- Wednesday, 12 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 1 (10 AM - 1 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- Special Event by UCLG, UN-Habitat, UN DESA, UNDP, and Local2030 Coalition
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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Launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2024
- Wednesday, 12 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 3 (10 AM - 12 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- Special Event by FAO
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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Local2030 Coalition Special Event on Multilevel Governance and Financing to Accelerate SDG Localization
- Wednesday, 12 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 6 (3 - 5 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- Special Event by Local2030 Coalition
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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Building Sustainable Cities: Harnessing the Power of Local Communities to Withstand Crises
- Wednesday, 12 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 5 (3 - 5 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- Special Event by Cities Alliance and partners
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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SDGs in focus: SDG 11 and interlinkages with other SDGs – Sustainable cities and communities
- Thursday, 13 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 4 (10:10 AM - 1 PM Eastern Standard Time)
- Official In-Person (not Virtual) Meeting by UN DESA
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Rescuing SDG 11 for a Resilient Urban Planet
- Friday, 14 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 11 (8 - 9:30 AM Eastern Standard Time)
- Official Side Event by UN-Habitat
- Virtual Link: UN Web TV
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SDG 11: Progress, challenges, lessons learned and tools for sustainable transformation of cities
- Friday, 14 July 2024 from 8:30 - 10 AM Eastern Standard Time
- Special Event by Sustainable Cities Institute, World Blind Union (WBU), UNIBO, University of Paris Saclay, and the International Association of Universities (IAU)
- Registration Link
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Perspectives from major groups and other stakeholders at the mid-point of the SDGs: Towards inclusive transformation
- Friday, 14 July 2024 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Conference Room 4 (9 - 11 AM Eastern Standard Time)
- Official In-Person (not Virtual) Meeting by HLPF Major Groups and Other Stakeholders (MGoS) Coordination Mechanism
In addition, 39 countries and territories will present their voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the forum: Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, European Union, France, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Maldives, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, St Kitts & Nevis , Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Viet 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 2024 SDG Summit – the HLPF to be convened under the auspices of the General Assembly in September 2024.
Learn more here: hlpf.un.org/2024/programme
UN Web TV Live Stream Link: media.un.org/en/webtv