Summary
On Tuesday, five sessions on Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) took place – three in the morning and two in the afternoon – during the Ministerial Segment of the 2017 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). In total, 16 countries presented VNRs: Belgium, Benin, Peru, Guatemala, Italy, Zimbabwe, the Czech Republic, Jordan, Thailand, Argentina, Belarus, Portugal, Uruguay, Nigeria, Panama, and Sweden. In parallel, the General Debate took place in the afternoon, with 39 countries making statements.
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Presentation of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)
Delegates gather to listen to country presentations on VNRs
Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Telecommunications and Postal Services, Belgium
Javier Abugattás Fatule, President of the Board of Directors, National Centre for Strategic Planning, Peru
Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, Minister of State for Development and Planning, Benin
Miguel Ángel Moir Sandoval, Minister of Planning, Guatemala
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN, and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Gian Luca Galletti, Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea Protection, Italy
Andrés Mideros, National Secretary of Planning and Development, Ecuador
Obert Mpofu, Minister of Micro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion, Zimbabwe
Jessica Espey, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Richard Brabec, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment, Czech Republic
Imad Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan
Álvaro García, Minister of Budget and Planning, Uruguay
Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Claire Melamed, Executive Director, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD)
Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister for Public Administration, Sweden
Gabriela Agosto, Executive Secretary, National Council for the Coordination of Social Policies, Argentina
Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Presidential Senior Special Advisor on the SDGs, Nigeria
Teresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
László Borbély, State Counsellor, Romania
Marianna Shchetkina, Deputy Chairman, Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, Belarus
María Luisa Navarro, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation, Panama
High-Level General Debate
View of the dais during the High-Level General Debate
Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Nabit, Minister of Development Planning and Statistics, Qatar
Ghada Fathi Ismail Wali, Minister of Social Solidarity, Egypt
Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro, Minister Coordinator General, Honduras
Marcos Barraza, Minister of Social Development, Chile
Abdullahi Majeed, Minister of State for Environment and Energy, Maldives
Jean Max Rakotomamonjy, President of the National Assembly, Madagascar
Hlangusemphi Dlamini, Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Swaziland
Carmelo Abela, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Malta
Abdul Sattar Murad, Minister of Economy, Afghanistan
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iran
Around the Venue
Delegates between sessions
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly, speak at an event for "Nelson Mandela International Day" that commemorates the lifetime of service Nelson Mandela gave to South Africa and the world
Danny Glover, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador
Limpho Monyamane, Director, Nelson Mandela Foundation
The HLPF meeting is suspended briefly as delegates evacuate the UN building due to a fire alert
Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN, and President of ECOSOC
Danny Glover, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
