WMG intervention on HLPF Political Declaration

The Women’s Major Group made the attached statement at the second discussion of the HLPF Political Declaration.
The Women’s Major Group made the attached statement at the second discussion of the HLPF Political Declaration.
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The Zero Draft for the Political Declaration of the SDG Summit is being discussed today, 22 May. Negotiations are also scheduled for Friday 7 June and Wednesday 12 June.
The final version of the NGO Guidelines for Parallel Reports for Beijing +25 is now available. Please share widely and provide any comments to the authors.
It includes the following timetable for planned events leading up to the High-level meeting of the General Assembly in September 2020:
The UN Deputy-Secretary-General will hold an informal briefing on the Global Sustainable Development Report and the Special Edition of the Secretary-General’s SDG Progress report. It will take place on Monday, 20 May 2019 in ECOSOC Chamber from 12:00 – 13:30. There will, however, be no webcast of the meeting.
We have received the following updates in relation to the HLPF from Gwilym Roberts-Harry, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs on Registration; the ;Political Declaration; SDG Summit & HLPF Political Declaration – Share your input; Paragraph 89 Reports – A/RES/70/1; and Side Events
Please note that the first discussion of the Political Declaration for the two meetings of the UN High-level Political Forum, with Ambassadors Sheila Gweneth Carey of the Bahamas and Olof Skoog of Sweden will be taking place on 15 May, 10 AM, in the ECOSOC chamber.
See: President of the General Assembly appoints co-facilitators for political declaration from HLPF for further information.
6 Review of progress on methodological development of Tier III indicators
The UN Statistical Division (UNSD) requested agencies to provide updated Tier III workplans, focusing particularly on:
The United Nations Economic and Social Council is pleased to invite you to the Inaugural ECOSOC Presidential Lecture on 20 May 2019.
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group launched the call for applications of the sixth edition of the Intercultural Innovation Award. Grassroots initiatives that encourage intercultural understanding through innovative methods, with the aim of alleviating identity-based conflicts around the world, are encouraged to apply online at interculturalinnovation.org. This year, the deadline for applications is 31 May, at 5:00 PM EDT.