Summary
The second day of the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) continued with two panel discussions related to the theme of “Ensuring that no one is left behind” in the morning. Discussions took place on “Food security and sustainable agriculture, climate action, sustainable oceans and terrestrial ecosystems – adopting a nexus approach” and “Creating peaceful and more inclusive societies and empowering women and girls.” In the afternoon, a discussion took place on “Science-policy interface: New ideas, insights and solutions.”
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Food security and sustainable agriculture, climate action, sustainable oceans
and terrestrial ecosystems – adopting a nexus approach
Panelists for the session on food security and sustainable agriculture, climate action, sustainable
oceans and terrestrial ecosystems – adopting a nexus approach
Chair Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Ronald Jumeau, Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues, Seychelles
Omoyemen Lucia Odigie-Emmanuel, Centre for Human Rights and Climate Change Research
Deborah Fulton, Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Jake Rice, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Canada
Abdullah K. Tawlah, Saudi Arabia
Evelyn Nguleka, World Farmers' Organization (WFO)
Rodrigo Messias,
Local Authorities Major Group
Frances Zainoeddin,
Stakeholder Group on Ageing
Mariyam Midhfa Naeem, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Creating peaceful and more inclusive societies and empowering women and girls
Panel speakers for the session on creating peaceful and more inclusive societies and empowering women and girls
Irene Khan, International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland
to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC
Lakshmi Puri, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
Robert Berg, Alliance for Peacebuilding
Beatrice Ayuru, Lira Integrated School
Gaia Gozzo, CARE International
Anca-Ruxandra Gliga, United Network of Young Peacebuilders and Major Group for Children and Youth
Rebecca Anna Reichherzer, Denmark
Josefina Valencia Toledano,
Womens Major Group
Maria Cramér, Sweden
Pragashnie Adurthy, South Africa
Science-policy interface - new ideas, insights and solutions
Delegates gather for the session on the science-policy interface - new ideas, insights and solutions
Chair Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN
and Vice President of ECOSOC
Wu Hongbo, UN Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs
William Colglazier, American Association
for the Advancement of Science
Lucilla Spini, International Council for Science (ICSU)
Guéladio Cissé, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Aurélien Decamps, Kedge Business School
Patrick Paul Walsh, University College Dublin
Donovan Guttieres, Global Youth Partnership for the SDGs
Peter Messerli, University of Bern
Ambrose Murangira, Stakeholder Group for Persons with Disabilities, uses sign language for his intervention
Martin Krause, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Annika Lindblom, Finland
"Town Hall" Debate with Candidates for UN Secretary-General Hall
The first-ever "town hall" debate with candidates for the UN Secretary-General took place in the UN General Assembly
The live debate was broadcasted by Al Jazeera
UN Secretary-General Candidates (L-R): Natalia Gherman, Moldova; Vuk Jeremić, Serbia; Susana Malcorra, Argentina; António Guterres, Portugal; and Vesna Pusić, Croatia
UN Secretary-General Candidates (L-R): Irina Bokova, Bulgaria; Igor Lukšić, Montenegro; Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica; Danilo Türk, Slovenia; and Helen Clark, New Zealand
Around the Venue
Delegates gather for the second day of the 2016 HLPF
Delegates confer before the start of plenary
Delegates meet informally between sessions
Paula Caballero Gómez, World Bank
Federica Pietracci, UN Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Women's Major Group members distributed red scarves as a
reminder of the need for women and girls empowerment
Around the UN Headquarters
