UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (UNGA)

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24th – 25th September, New York City, USA

The UN General Assembly will hold a meeting of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) at the level of Heads and State and Government, from 24-25 September 2019.

HLPF meetings under UNGA auspices take place every four years, and take place at the beginning of the UNGA session. The 74th session of the UNGA (UNGA 74) will open on 17 September 2019. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Monday, 30 September 2019.

According to Decision A/72/L.66, the first HLPF meeting under UNGA auspices will convene from 3:00-6:00 pm on Tuesday, 24 September, and from 10:00 am-1:00 pm and 3:00-6:00 pm on Wednesday, 25 September 2019.

Among other items, HLPF 2019 will consider the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR), which is issued every four years.

The day before the HLPF under UNGA auspices opens, two related events will take place, also at UN Headquarters in New York: the 2019 UN Climate Summit and the 2019 High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development (FfD).

Find out more here: http://sdg.iisd.org/events/un-high-level-political-forum-on-sustainable-development-under-unga-auspices/

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