Information - Action taken: Letter to the President of ECOSOC from the Steering Group of MGoS - ref: HLPF side-events

Dear MGoS Coordination Mechanism colleagues,

On behalf of the Steering Group, we would like to share with you a letter that has just been sent to the President of ECOSOC, with copies to Mr. Wu Hongbo, Juwang Zhu and Lotta Tahtinen...

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Briefing on HLPF side events with Mr. Juwang Zhu, Director, DESA-DSD

Please note that the DESA-DSD Director, Mr. Juwang Zhu, will be holding a briefing for Major Groups and other stakeholders regarding HLPF Side Events. The briefing will take place tomorrow, 28 June 2017, 11:00am, NYC time (EDT). The briefing will happen remotely and the webex details can be found below:…

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HLPF Side events

We have received the following from DESA:

We understand that a number of organizations have sent a letter to the President of ECOSOC raising some concerns regarding the HLPF side events and also requesting that UN DESA provides guidance and supporting letters to participants who may need visa to enter the US…

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Global indicator framework adopted by the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (31st Meeting), 6 June 2017

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has unanimously adopted the draft resolution containing the global indicator framework on the SDGs at the 31^st meeting of its Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) and recommended that the resolution be passed to the UN General Assembly. The procedure does not allow for any further changes in the draft resolution, when it goes to the full session OF ECOSOC and therefore the final step to the adoption of the global indicator framework will be taken by the General Assembly…

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Consultations on Revised draft of Ministerial Declaration

The co-facilitators held consultations on the 2017 Ministerial Declaration of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) High-Level Segment and the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) on 20-21 June 2017.

The revised draft stresses the need to build national capacities for follow-up and review. Unlike the zero draft, it does not refer to the establishment of an interagency…

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Call for proposals - Exhibition during HLPF 2017 (deadline - 29 June)

For the second time, DESA-DSD is pleased to launch a call for proposals of exhibition pieces to be displayed during the 2017 HLPF. DSD has secured the exhibition area between the Vienna Cafe and the Visitors center, at the 1B level, where CR11 and CR12 are located. Selected pieces will feature in a diverse exhibition organized by DESA/DSD. Please use this form to submit a proposal…

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June 28 - Webinar: Preparing for the HLPF 2017

Please, find attached and below the invitation to a webinar in preparation to the HLPF which Together 2030 is organizing in partnership with the TAP Network. 

We will be focusing on content discussions and hope you can join us and support with its dissemination.

Please, register here:

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2017 HLPF Ministerial Declaration: Revised Draft

The co-facilitators of the Ministerial Declaration, the Permanent Representatives of Austria and Jamaica, have circulated a revised draft version of the 2017 Ministerial Declaration to be adopted at the conclusion of the HLPF.

There is now paragraph 12 on…

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Six Youth Speakers Selected for UN PGA's High-level SDG Action Event on Education - 28 June 2017 at UNHQ

At the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA), UN-NGLS conducted a process to identify civil society and social entrepreneur youth speakers for the High-level SDG Action Event on Education, taking place 28 June at UN Headquarters. UN-NGLS facilitated a Stakeholder Selection Committee to review applications for the speaking roles and create a regionally and gender balanced short-list of candidates for the President of the General Assembly to consider…

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2017 HLPF: [reminder] first round of consultations on the zero draft Ministerial Declaration

There will be a first round of informal consultations on the attached zero draft Ministerial Declaration today, Thursday, 15 June, from 11 AM to 1 PM and from 3 to 6 PM in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. The consultations will continue on Friday, 16 June, at 10 a.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, and at 3 PM in conference room 11.

A list of MGoS representatives who have indicated their interest to make short interventions has been provided to the co-facilitators. 

For the full timeline of the informals on the draft Ministerial Declaration, please see: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/15078Letterfromcofacilitators.pdf