MIL-OSI United Nations: Economic and Social Council Begins High-Level Segment

The Economic and Social Council begins its annual high-level segment, including the three-day ministerial segment of the High-level Political Forum under the theme “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind”. 

This morning, Robert Rae, the 54-member body’s President; António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Philémon Yang, President of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly; and Carolina Rojas, Technology Focal Point of the Major Group for Children and Youth’s Science-Policy Interface, will open the segment, which will run through Thursday, 24 July.

Member States will make statements during the general debate to follow in the morning and throughout the afternoon, under the theme “UN@80: Catalyzing Change for Sustainable Development”. 

Also in the afternoon, the Council begins its voluntary national reviews, on El Salvador, Malta and Thailand, and then on Czechia, Israel and Papua New Guinea.