Secretary-General’s high-level forum to catalyze and accelerate further action to achieve the MDGs

Ahead of the special event of the President of the General Assembly to follow up the efforts made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals on 25 September 2013, the Secretary-General is hosting a high-level forum to catalyze and accelerate further action to achieve the MDGs on 23 September. The programme is as follows:

10:00 – 10:45	Opening: Matching Ambitions with Results          The Secretary-General          H.E. Mr. Ollanta Humala, President of Peru          H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia          Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank          Mr. Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever
10:50 – 12:00	Partnering for Impact: Applying lessons to the final stretch to 2015          Mr. Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO          Mr. Kandeh Yumkella, SG’s Special Representative for SEFA          Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO          Ms. Barbara Frost, Chief Executive, WaterAid          Ms. Joy Phumaphi, Chair, independent Expert Review Group (iERG) Moderator: Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO
12:05 – 13:15	From Global to Local: Translating global aspirations to country-level action          H.E. Mr. Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa          Ms. Helen Clark, Chair, United Nations Development Group          Mr. Per Heggenes, CEO, IKEA Foundation          Ms. Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA International Secretariat  Moderator: Mr. Ray Chambers, SG’s Special Envoy for Malaria and the Financing of the Health-related MDGs
15:00 – 16:10	Making Waves: Philanthropy in Africa          Mr. Tony Elumelu, Founder and Chairman, The Elumelu Foundation          Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Co-Founder, The Motsepe Foundation          Mr. Strive Masiyiwa, Founder and Chairman, Econet Wireless          Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation Moderator: Ms. Zeinab Badawi, Presenter, BBC
16:15 – 17:25	The Next Generation: Leveraging Innovations and Partnerships for Scaled Impact          H.E. Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway          Mr. Bill Gates, Co-Chair, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation          Ms. Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook          Dr. Anne Bouverot, Director General, Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) Moderator: Dr. Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
17:30 – 17:45	Summary and the Way Ahead          H.E. Mr. John Ashe, President of the General Assembly