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The 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started with panel discussions on “National mechanisms for monitoring progress and reporting on implementation for the achievement of SDGs” and “Making the 2030 Agenda deliver for SIDS, building on the SAMOA Pathway” on Thursday morning. In the afternoon, discussions took place on “Countries in special situations.” IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from HLPF 2016, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page National mechanisms for monitoring progress and reporting on implementation for the achievement of SDGs View of the panel during the session on national mechanisms for monitoring progress and reporting on implementation for the achievement of SDGs Johannes Paul Jütting, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN and Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Lisa Grace Bersales, Philippine Statistics Authority Georges-Simon Ulrich, Swiss Federal Statistical Office Milorad Šćepanović, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro Peseta Noumea Simi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Samoa Pali Lehohla, Statistician-General of South Africa Nguyen Le Thuy, Viet Nam Petero Okotai, Cook Islands Jasmin Burgermeister, Major Group for Children and Youth Delegates follow the discussions Making the 2030 Agenda deliver for Small Island Developing States, building on the SAMOA Pathway Panel speakers for the session on making the 2030 Agenda deliver for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), building on the SAMOA Pathway Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Elizabeth Thompson, former UN Assistant Secretary-General and former Minister for Energy and Environment, Barbados David Smith, University Consortium of Small Island States Justina Langidrik, Chief Secretary of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Anote Tong, Former President of the Republic of Kiribati Jeem Lippwe, Federated States of Micronesia Kate Brown, Global Island Partnership Courtenay Rattray, Jamaica Renee Yap, New Zealand Ahmed Sareer, Maldives Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Kazakhstan Countries in special situations Panel speakers for the session on countries in special situations Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC David Steven, New York University Jean-Marc Châtaigner, French Research Institute for Development (IRD) Marina Djernaes, EcoPeace Middle East Youba Sokona, South Centre and Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Stephen Chacha, Africa Philanthropic Foundation Claudio Huepe Minoletti, Universidad Diego Portales Elisha Moyo, Zimbabwe Omair Paul, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Major Group Viviana Tatawaqa, Women's Major Group Gloria Cid, Chile Informal dialogue with UN Secretary-General candidate View of the dais during the session Christiana Figueres, UN Secretary-General candidate Mogens Lykketoft, President of the UN General Assembly View of the ECOSOC Chamber Around the Venue Delegates meet before the start of the session Delegates from Italy Delegates speak informally Delegates take notes during the sessions Adolphe Mabulena, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Members of the Secretariat with Georges-Simon Ulrich, Swiss Federal Statistical Office View of the Trusteeship Council Tonya Vaturi, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) Youba Sokona, South Centre and IPCC Vice-Chair, speaks with a delegate A delegate wears an orange scarf distributed by the Women's Major Group to emphasize the need for accountability and civil society participation UN Security at the venue Around the UN Headquarters

On Wednesday, the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) started with panel discussions on “Creating ownership at the national level” and “Mainstreaming SDGs into national policies, plans and strategies and integrating the three dimensions of sustainable development” in the morning. In the afternoon, discussions took place on “Vertical cooperation – local authorities and national governments working together for implementation of the 2030 Agenda” and “Challenges in mobilizing means of implementation at the national level (Financing, Technology, Capacity building).” IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily reports, daily web coverage and a summary and analysis from HLPF 2016, which is available in HTML and PDF format. Photos by IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page Creating ownership at the national level Panel speakers for the session on creating ownership at the national level Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the UN and Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Jessica Espey, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Louis Meuleman, University of Massachusetts, Boston Ivane Shamugia, Administration of the Government of Georgia Adolfo Ayuso, Office of the President, Mexico Annika Lindblom, Counsellor to the Ministry of the Environment, Finland Gomer Padong, Philippine Social Enterprise Network (PhilSEN) Yonglong Lu, Chinese Academy of Sciences Sunita Kotnala, Women's Major Group Jiten Yumnam, Indigenous Peoples Major Group Mainstreaming SDGs into national policies, plans and strategies and integrating the three dimensions of sustainable development View of the panel during the session Chair Sven Jürgenson, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN and Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Nick Ishmael Perkins, SciDev.net Joseph Enyimu, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda Koichi Aiboshi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Wardarina, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development and Co-Chair of Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism Eili Lepik, Government Office, Estonia Izzet Ari, Environment and Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Development, Turkey Stine Lise Hattestad Bratsberg, PURE Consulting Olivier Brochenin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France Mohammed Aliyu, Nigeria Vertical cooperation – local authorities and national governments working together for implementation of the 2030 Agenda Panel speakers for the session on vertical cooperation – local authorities and national governments working together for implementation of the 2030 Agenda Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul, Turkey Peter Wollaert, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Patrícia Iglecias, State Secretary for Environment, São Paulo, Brazil Stephan Contius, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany Hyuk-Sang Sohn, Kyung Hee University Paddy Torsney, Office of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to the UN Rosemarie Edillon, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Philippines Allan Bird, Papua New Guinea Dalia Marques, Major Group for Children and Youth Leida Rijnhout, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Major Group Challenges in mobilizing means of implementation at the national level Delegates attend the session on challenges in mobilizing means of implementation at the national level - financing, technology and capacity building Macharia Kamau, Co-Chair, Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum Chair Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Felipe Castro, Inter-Institutional Commission for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Colombia Manuel Montes, South Centre Paulo Gadelha, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Paul Gulleik Larsen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway Mawussi Djossou Semondji, Expert Minister to the Presidency of Togo Chengyong Sun, Ministry of Science and Technology, China David O’Connor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Christo Janse van Noordwyk, South Africa Around the Venue Delegates gather for the third day of the 2016 HLPF Delegates from Palau and Pakistan Delegates from China confer with the Secretariat Delegates meet informally throughout the day Ouinibani Konate, Burkina Faso Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul, Turkey Delegates pose with their favourite SDGs Delegates read the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) to review yesterday's proceedings Around the UN Headquarters