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Following the opening of the Ministerial Segment on Monday, participants at the 2016 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) discussed “Main messages from first HLPF week: our starting point.” This was followed by keynote speeches and panel discussions related to the meeting’s theme of “Ensuring that no one is left behind,” on: “Reaching the most vulnerable;” “Challenges of countries in special situations;” and “Unlocking means of implementation (MOI) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and creating an enabling environment.” A general debate took place at the end of the day. 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 Opening of the Ministerial Segment Delegates gather for the opening of the Ministerial Segment Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the UN and Vice President of ECOSOC Mogens Lykketoft, President of the UN General Assembly Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vice President of Viet Nam Ensuring that no one is left behind: reaching the most vulnerable Panel speakers during the session Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO) Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Md. Shahidul Haque, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Christian Friis Bach, Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Delegates watch proceedings from the gallery Ensuring that no one is left behind: challenges of countries in special situations View of the dais during the session Álvaro García, Office of Planning and Budget of the Presidency, Uruguay Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary-General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Helen Clark, Administrator, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Karina Gould, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development, Canada Ricardo Cardona, Minister of Social Development, Honduras Shamshad Akhtar, Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Daniel Mensinga, Major Group for Children and Youth Ensuring that no one is left behind: unlocking the means of implementation for the Sustainable Development Goals and creating an enabling environment View of the dais during the session  Michelle Muschett, Vice Minister of Social Development, Panama Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister for Public Administration, Sweden Axel Bertuch-Samuels, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Vaughan Turekian, Advisor to the US Secretary of State Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Douglas Frantz, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mahmoud Mohieldin, World Bank Group Representatives from the Women's Major Group hold up pictures of environmental and human rights activists who have been killed, demonstrating the need to create an enabling environment for stakeholder participation General Debate Delegates participate in a general debate Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of Thailand to the UN, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Juan Temístocles Montás, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominician Republic, speaking on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Bernard Kamphasa, Zambia, speaking on behalf of the LLDCs Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Jiko Fatafehi Luveni, Fiji, speaking on behalf of the Group of Pacific SIDS Mohammed Khaled Khiari, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the UN, speaking on behalf of the African Group Mohammed Maziad Al Tuwaijri, Vice-Minister of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia Celebrating Nelson Mandela Day A special event is held in the ECOSOC Chamber to commemorate "Mandela Day" Delegates stand to observe a moment of silence to honor Nelson Mandela and his contribution to freedom and justice in the world Stevie Wonder, UN Messenger of Peace Around the Venue Delegates gather for the start of the Ministerial Segment Delegates greet each other before the start of plenary Delegates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Delegates from South Africa Delegates speak informally Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vice-President of Viet Nam, participate in an event "Scream from Nature" that emphasized the importance of environmental protection Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vice-President of Viet Nam, stand with children during the event Musical performance by fifth graders from the Special Music School, New York Around the UN Headquarters

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

The first annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI Forum) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) convened by the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), concluded its work on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York. During the day, representatives of UN Member States and Major Groups and Other Stakeholders heard presentations from panelists and engaged in an interactive dialogue on four topics: Creating shared value: How do we make it work? Ministerial Dialogue: Towards a roadmap of effective science, technology and innovation policy frameworks The Experience of Youth in using Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development The Way Forward: Adding Value through the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum In the closing session, Co-Chair Macharia Kamau (Kenya) said we will have to work harder over the next few months to maximize the potential of this Forum over the next 14 years, including through intersessional interactions, given the huge agenda ahead. He expressed hope that the Forum will be able to feed into the work of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). Co-Chair Vaughan Turekian (US) said that achieving the SDGs requires better integration of science, technology and innovation, involving a vast number of stakeholders. STI enabling environments are critical to achieve the SDGs over the next 14 years, he added. This STI Forum is “testable,” like scientific inquiry, and can be improved over time, he concluded. ECOSOC President Oh Joon said it is time to make the Technology Facilitation Mechanism operational and beneficial for all, and called for everyone’s continued cooperation to mobilize great minds and build lasting partnerships. He said we need to strengthen STI capacity in every country, create innovative knowledge societies that use scientific evidence to inform policy, make advances that greatly facilitate technology transfer and diffusion, and support social technologies to change mindsets and behaviors. ECOSOC President Oh Joon closed the Forum at 5:45 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web updates and a summary report from the 1st annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum). Our summary report is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Pam Chasek For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Session 5: Creating Shared Value: How Do We Make It Work? Moderator Romain Murenzi, 10-Member Group for the Technology Facilitation Mechanism Alexis Bonnell, Global Innovation Exchange, USAID Tolullah Oni, Next Einstein Fellow Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of Internet Matters Zitouni Ould-Dada, United Nations Environment Programme Gary Fowlie, International Telecommunications Union Till Zbiranski, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Norine Kennedy, US Council for International Business Lydia Cumiskey, Major Group for Children and Youth Haidar Fraihat, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Session 6: Ministerial Dialogue: Towards a Roadmap of Effective Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Frameworks Session 6 Panel (L-R): Megan Smith, United States Chief Technology Officer; STI Forum Co-Chair Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology Adviser to the US Secretary of State; STI Forum Co-Chair Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations; Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo, Department of Economic and Social Affairs; and Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic. Under-Secretary-General Wu Honbgo, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Megan Smith, United States Chief Technology Officer Joe Mucheru, Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, Kenya Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic Dong Wu, UN Conference on Trade and Development Marcela Angulo González, CORFO-Chilean Economic Development Agency Asher Lessels, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Ambassador Wu Haitao, China Naoto Kanehira, World Bank Session 7: The Experience of Youth in Using Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Moderator Elenita Daño, Asia Director, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group) Hannah Herbst, 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge winner David Moinina Sengeh, Co-founder, Global Minimum Inc. and 2014 TED Fellow Gusti Ayu Fransiska Dewi, Co-founder of Asia Pacific Youth Network on Climate Change and Field Coordinator, Climate for Rainforest Alliance Linda Staheli, Founder and Executive Director, Global Co Lab Network Mikaela Preston, University of Pennsylvania Anthony Rock, President and CEO, Association of Science and Technology Centers Session 8: The Way Forward: Adding Value through the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum (L-R): STI Co-Chair Vaughan Turekian, US; STI Co-Chair Macharia Kamau, Kenya; and ECOSOC President Oh Joon Benedicto Fonseca Filho, Vice-Chair of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development Heide Hackmann, Co-Chair, 10-Member Group for the Technology Facilitation Mechanism

On Friday, the Bonn Climate Change Conference continued with several informal consultations meeting on issues under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI). Three events convened throughout the day: the fifth meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building; the facilitative sharing of views (FSV) under the international consultation and analysis (ICA) process; and the Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) on mitigation (social and economic value of carbon). In the afternoon, the SBI and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) held plenaries to discuss their agendas, and the SBSTA plenary convened to hear views on emissions from international aviation and maritime transport. A SBSTA contact group on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9.7 (accounting modalities) of the Paris Agreement also met in the afternoon. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has providing daily web coverage, daily reports from the Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2016. In adiition, IISD Reportaing Services has also published a summary and analysis report from this meeting, 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 SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation View of the dais during the SBI/SBSTA Technical Expert Meeting on Mitigation Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize Alfredo Sirkis, Brazil Climate Center Rebekah Riley, Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Simon Buckle, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Kate Shouse, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on Capacity-Building Panelists during the SBI Fifth Meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building Co-Facilitator Michael Gillenwater, Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GGMI) Co-Facilitator Lorena Aguilar, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Dechen Tsering, UNFCCC Secretariat Klaus Wenzel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Participants discuss matters in breakout groups SBI Facilitative Sharing of Views under the International Consultation and Analysis Process In-Session Workshop L-R: Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary; SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland; and SBI Coordinator Katia Simeonova Richard Kinley, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Bariz Mehdiyev, Azerbaijan Christo Artusio, US Delegates during the workshop SBSTA In-Session Workshop on Agriculture: Identification of Adaptation Measures Panelists during the workshop Mark Howden, IPCC Working Group II Vice-Chair Workshop Co-Chair Emmanuel Dumisani Dlamini, Swaziland Herwig Ranner, EU Buddhisrilal Bandara Marambe, Sri Lanka Huy Pham Quang, Viet Nam Delegates during the workshop SBSTA Plenary View of the dais during the SBSTA plenary SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize  Ong Heng Yap, Singapore Orlando Ernesto Rey Santos, Cuba Yoshimune Sakimitsu, Japan Farhan Akhtar, US APA Plenary View of the dais during the APA plenary APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia Aziz Mekouar, Incoming COP 22/CMP 12 Presidency Azimuddin Bahari, Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) Amjad Abdulla, Maldives Manasvi Srisodapol, Thailand, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China Sandea de Wet, South Africa Jacob Werksman, EU Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG) Henrik Eriksen, Norway SBI Plenary View of the dais during the SBI plenary Hesham Shoier, Egypt SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland Erwin Rose, US Oleg Shamanov, Russian Federation Around the Venue Alejandro Rivera Becerra, Mexico, and Kishan Kumarsingh, Trinidad and Tobago Stefan Schwager, Switzerland, and Richard Sherman, South Africa Delegates meet informally A delegate reads the International Institue for Sustainable Development Reporting Services (IISD RS) website Laurence Tubiana, COP 21/CMP 11 Presidency Members of YOUNGO call for delegates to support the growth of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) through enhanced implementation of the Doha work programme