THE UN SDG SUMMIT 18-19 SEPTEMBER, A WAKE-UP CALL EVENT OF ESSENTIAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE PRESENT AND FUTURE LIFE OF MANKIND AND OF PLANET EARTH !!!!

18-19 September 2023, New York

Programme SDG Summit

The second SDG Summit will be held on 18-19 September 2023 during the UN General Assembly high-level week in New York.

The Summit marks the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As such, it will review the state of the SDGs implementation, provide policy guidance, mobilize action to accelerate implementation and consider new challenges since 2015.

The programme of the Summit will address the impact of multiple and interlocking crises facing the world, including the deterioration of key social, economic and environmental indicators. It will focus first and foremost on people and ways to meet their basic needs through the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

• Letter from the PGA on the SDG Summit programme, List of Speakers, Concept Notes on the Leaders Dialogues and Logistics Note (8 September 2023)
• Letter from the PGA on the SDG Summit Programme (17 July 2023)
• SDG Summit Concept Note
• Programme (Printable Version)

Programme

Monday, 18 September 2023

9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. Opening Segment General Assembly Hall

Statements by:

• H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly
• H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
• H.E. Ms. Paula Narvaez, President of the Economic and Social Council

Adoption of the Political Declaration

Statements by:

• H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State Qatar
• H.E. Mr. Leo Varadkar, Prime Minister of Ireland

9:25 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Setting the Stage “SDG implementation at the halftime – What will it take to keep the SDG promise?

Video presentation on the stakeholder engagement in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Youth representative: Ms. Mayada Adil, Young Leader for?the SDGs

Fireside chat

Moderator: Ms. Gillian Tett, the Financial Times

Panelists:

• H.E. Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates group
• Mr. Ajay Banga, President, World Bank Group
• Ms. Carolina Cosse, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay

Musical performance by the Senegalese musician Mr Baaba Maal, UN Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

10:00 a.m. – 11:15?a.m. Plenary General Assembly Hall

Statements delivered on behalf of groups of participating States (strictly limited to 5 minutes each, including 2 minutes in national capacity)

?Participating StateLevelOn behalf of1CubaHSGroup of 77 and China2ComorosHSAfrican Union3DominicanaHSCaribbean Community4BotswanaHS

Group of Landlocked Developing Countries

5PalauHSPacific Small Island Developing States6Sierra LeoneHS

Group of Seven Plus Member States (G7+)

7CzechiaHSPathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies8AngolaHSSouth African Development Community9European UnionHLEuropean Union10NepalHGGroup of Least Developed Countries11SamoaHGAlliance of Small Island States12Russian FederationDPMAlso on behalf of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyztan13IndonesiaMAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations

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10:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogues Trusteeship Council Chamber

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogue 1 “Scaling up actions on key transitions to accelerate SDG progress”

Co-moderators:

H.E. Ms. Katalin Novák, President of Hungary

H.E. Mr. Kassym - Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

?Participating State/speakerLevel1South AfricaHS2CroatiaHS3KyrgyzstanHS4AustriaHS5TurkmenistanHS6PeruHS7BrazilHS8GuyanaHS9NigeriaHS10Micronesia (Federated States of)HS11TogoHS12North MacedoniaHS13FinlandHS14Papua New GuineaDPM15MongoliaDPM16EgyptM17MalaysiaM18TuvaluM19FranceM20Brunei DarussalamM21BeninM22GambiaM23Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?24Mr. Andrew Morley, President, World Vision?

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12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogue 2 “Building resilience and leaving no one behind”

Co-moderators:

H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland

H.E. Mr. Philip Joseph Pierre, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

?Participating State/speakerLevel1ColombiaHS2AlgeriaHS3Republic of MoldovaHS4SurinameHS5PortugalHS6MalawiHS7Costa RicaHS8YemenHS9Trinidad and TobagoHG10GermanyHG11BelizeHG12SpainHG13MaltaHG14SomaliaHG15ItalyHG16MexicoM17PhilippinesM18ArmeniaM19DominicaM20JordanM21Mali

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22Mr. Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)?23Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples International Centre for Policy Research and Education?24Mr. Martin Chugong, Secretary-General, International Parliamentary Union?

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3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogue 3 “Game-changers: Applying science, technology, innovation and data for transformative action"

Co-moderators:

H.E. Dr. William Samoei Ruto, C.G.H., President of the Republic of Kenya

H.E. Ms. Nata?a Pirc Musar, President of the Republic of Sloveni

?Participating State/speakerLevel1SwitzerlandHS2LiechtensteinHS3BulgariaHS4EstoniaHS5ArgentinaHS6LithuaniaHS7LatviaHS8UgandaVP9FijiHG10TongaHG11LesothoHG12State of PalestineHG13EritreaM14LuxembourgM15OmanM16BhutanM17IsraelM18BeninM19Syrian Arab RepublicM20DjiboutiM21HondurasM22Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General International Telecommunication Union (ITU)?23Ms. Barbara Del Castello, Global Focal Point, Science Policy Interface for UN Major Group for Children and Youth?24Ms. Imme Scholz, Co-chair of the Independent Group of Scientists writing the Global Sustainable Development Report, Co-President of the Heinrich?B?ll Foundation??

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4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogue 4 “Strengthening integrated policies and public institutions for achieving the SDGs”

Co-moderators:

H.E. Ms. Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark

H.E. Mr. Mark Brown, Prime Minister of Cook Islands

?Participating State/speakerLevel1San MarinoHS2SlovakiaHS3AlbaniaHS4Timor-LesteHS5MontenegroHS6GuineaHS7NauruHS8GeorgiaHG9BangladeshHG10Cabo VerdeHG11LebanonHG12Netherlands (Kingdom of the)M13BahrainM14SingaporeM15Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)M16St. Kitts and NevisM17Saudi ArabiaM18ZambiaM19ChadM20Dominican RepublicM21CambodiaM22LibyaM23UruguayM24Mr. Gilbert Houngbo, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)??25Mr. Steven Letsike, Founder and Executive Director of Access Chapter 2??26Ms. Jan Beagle, Director-General, International Development Law Organization (IDLO)?

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

3.00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogues (continued) Trusteeship Council Chamber

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogue 5 “Unity and Solidarity: Strengthening the multilateral system for enhanced support, cooperation, follow-up and review”

Co-moderators:

H.E. Ms. Katrín Jakobsdóttir Prime Minister of Iceland

H.E. Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi President of the Republic of Mozambique

?Participating State/speaker Level 1 Türkiye, Ukraine, Iran (Islamic Republic of Rwanda, Monaco, Romania, Mauritania, Cyprus, Central African Republic, Tajikistan, China, C?te d’Ivoire, Andorra, Japan, Norway, Haiti, Serbia, United States, Nicaragua, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Kiribati, Eswatini, Sundan. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Coordinator of the regional commissions in 2023, Mr. Ajay Jha Kumar, Director, Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society?

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4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Leaders’ Dialogue 6 “Mobilizing finance and investments and the means of implementation for SDG achievement”

Co-moderators:

H.E. Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal

H.E. Mr. Ulf Kristersson, the Prime Minister of Sweden

?Participating State/speaker Level1 Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Belgium, Viet Nam, Mauritius, Antigua and Barbuda, Pakistan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Iraq, Ethiopia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland, Holy See, Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)?Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)?Ms. Beena Johnson, General Secretary, National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)?

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Immediately after Closing Segment Trusteeship Council Chamber

• Keynote remarks by H.E. Mr. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Co-Chair of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocates group
• Overview of the Leaders' Dialogues and other Summit components by Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

Closing remarks by:

• H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
• H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly.

Source: https://www.un.org/en/conferences/SDGSummit2023/programme

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