Programme SDG Summit

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Programme & Statements SDG Summit

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

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

145 Heads of State and Government and Ministers as well as representatives of the intergovernmental organizations, the UN system, and the stakeholders delivered statements in the SDG Summit.

Programme & Statements

Monday, 18 September 2023

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

Statements by:

H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly [English]
H.E. Mr. Ant��nio Guterres, 51�Թ� 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. �C 10:00 a.m. Setting the Stage ��SDG implementation at the halftime �C 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. �C 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 State	Level	On behalf of
Cuba	HS	Group of 77 and China
Comoros	HS	African Union
	HS	Caribbean Community
Botswana	HS	Group of Landlocked Developing Countries
	HS	Pacific Small Island Developing States
	HS	Group of Seven Plus Member States (G7+)
	HS	Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
	HS	South African Development Community
	HL	European Union
	HG	Group of Least Developed Countries
Samoa	HG	Alliance of Small Island States
	DPM	Also on behalf of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyztan
	M	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
	M	Also on behalf of Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, �ը��쾱�� and Australia (MIKTA)

10:30 a.m. �C 6:00 p.m. Leaders�� Dialogues Trusteeship Council Chamber

10:30 a.m. �C 12:00 p.m. Leaders�� Dialogue 1 ��Scaling up actions on key transitions to accelerate SDG progress��

Co-moderators:

H.E. Ms. Katalin Nov��k, President of Hungary

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

Participating State/speaker	Level
South Africa	HS
	HS
Kyrgyzstan	HS
	HS
Turkmenistan	HS
	HS
	HS
	HS
Nigeria	HS
	HS
Togo	HS
North Macedonia	HS
	HS
Papua New Guinea	DPM
	DPM
Egypt	M
Malaysia	M
	M
France	M
	M
	M
Gambia	M

Mr. Andrew Morley, President, World Vision

12:00 p.m. �C 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/speaker	Level
Colombia	HS
	HS
	HS
	HS
	HS
Malawi	HS
	HS
	HS
	HG
	HG
Belize	HG
	HG
	HG
Somalia	HG
	HG
Mexico	M
	M
	M
Dominica	M
	M
	M
Mr. Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples International Centre for Policy Research and Education

3:00 p.m. �C 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/speaker	Level
	HS
Liechtenstein	HS
	HS
	HS
	HS
	HS
	HS
	VP
	HG
	HG
	HG
	HG
	M
	M
	M
Bhutan	M
Israel	M
Benin	M
Syrian Arab Republic	M
	M
Honduras	M

Ms. Barbara Del Castello, Global Focal Point, Science Policy Interface for UN Major Group for Children and Youth
Ms. Imme Scholz, Co-chair of the Independent Group of Scientists writing the Global Sustainable Development Report, Co-President of the Heinrich B?ll Foundation

4:30 p.m. �C 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/speaker	Level
	HS
	HS
Albania	HS
	HS
	HS
	HS
Nauru	HS
Georgia	HG
	HG
	HG
Lebanon	HG
	M
	M
Singapore	M
	M
	M
Saudi Arabia	M
	M
	M
	M
	M
Libya	M
	M

Mr. Steven Letsike, Founder and Executive Director of Access Chapter 2

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

3.00 p.m. �C 6:00 p.m. Leaders�� Dialogues (continued) Trusteeship Council Chamber

3:00 p.m. �C 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. Katr��n Jakobsd��ttir Prime Minister of Iceland

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

Participating State/speaker	Level
�ը��쾱��	HS
Ukraine	HS
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	HS
Rwanda	HS
Monaco	HS
	HS
Mauritania	HS
	HS
Central African Republic	HS
Tajikistan	HS
	VP
	VP
Andorra	HG
Japan	HG
Norway	HG
Haiti	HG
	DPM
United States	M
	M
Azerbaijan	M
Cameroon	M
	M
	M

4:30 p.m. �C 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	Level
	HS
Sri Lanka	HS
Namibia	HS
Democratic Republic of the Congo	HS
	HS
Zimbabwe	HS
Liberia	HS
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	HS
United Republic of Tanzania	VP
Thailand	HG
Belgium	HG
Viet Nam	HG
Mauritius	HG
Antigua and Barbuda	HG
Pakistan	HG
	HG
	HG
	DPM
Lao People's Democratic Republic	DPM
	DPM
Holy See	M
Equatorial Guinea	M
Burkina Faso	M
Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General, 51�Թ� 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)

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. Ant��nio Guterres, 51�Թ� Secretary-General [English]
H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly. [English]

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Programme & Statements SDG Summit

Programme & Statements

Monday, 18 September 2023

Fireside chat

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Tuesday, 19 September 2023

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