ECOSOC 2020 High-Level Segment - Part 2

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17-Jul-2020 00:35:59
ECOSOC holds a high-level conversation among leaders on global solidarity and renewed multilateralism during times of crisis and in the continuing pursuit of long-term sustainable development.

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- Where are we heading: Visions and scenarios for the future of the SDGs following the COVID-19 crisis
- Multilateralism after COVID 19: what kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary?
Statement by Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General
- Introduction of reports
- Closing of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC

Speakers: Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and Co-chair of SDG Advocates; UNSG António Guterres; Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia; Angel Gurría, S-G of the OECD; and Michael Obersteiner, Executive Director, The Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, UK.

Before the conclusion of the Segment, Liu Zhenmin, USG of DESA, introduced the SG reports on the theme of ECOSOC and on long-term impact of current trends on SDGs. José Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee on Development Policy (CDP) introduced the report of CDP. The President of ECOSOC and Liu Zhenmin, USG of DESA, delivered closing remarks.

The final day of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC, which took place the day following the closure of the ministerial segment of the High-level Political Forum, “focus on future trends and scenarios related to the Council theme, the long-term impact of current trends, such as the contribution of new technologies, in the economic, social and environmental areas on the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals, based on the work of the United Nations and other regional and international organizations and bodies as well as other stakeholders.” (General Assembly resolution 72/305)

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HPLF on Sustainable Development
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