High-Level Political Forum

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), through its outcome on "The Future We Want", established the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2012.

The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level. It is the apex of the architecture for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda established by the 2030 Agenda and General Assembly resolution 70/299.

The General Assembly in its resolution 67/290 decided that the Forum meets annually under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council for eight days, including a three-day ministerial segment and every four years at the level of Heads of State and Government under the auspices of the General Assembly for two days. For the positioning of the HLPF in the UN system, please click here.

The Forum’s first meeting was held on 24 September 2013. It replaced the Commission on Sustainable Development, which had met annually since 1993.

The Forum adopts intergovernmentally negotiated political declarations.

Click here for information of HLPF 2019 under the auspices of the General Assembly – the SDG Summit, including the Political Declaration and its call on “gearing up for a decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”.

The HLPF 2023 under the auspices of the General Assembly - the second SDG Summit was held in September 2023. The SDG Summit adopted the Political Declaration. Click here for more information.

The HLPF 2023, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, was held from 10 to 19 July 2023 in New York. It was a pre-summit event for preparing the SDG Summit held in September 2023. For more information click here.

In 2024, the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of ECOSOC will be held from Monday, 8 July, to Friday, 12 July 2024. The high-level segment of the Council, including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF will be held from Monday, 15 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2024. Click here for information.

Following states have expressed interest to carry out voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of their implementation of the 2030 Agenda at the 2024 HLPF: ArgentinaArmenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belize, Brazil, Chad, Colombia, Congo (Republic of the), Costa RicaEcuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Honduras, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, MexicoMicronesia (Federated States of), Namibia, NepalOman, Palau, Peru, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe

For more information on the Voluntary National Reviews, including VNR countries database and countries having conducted a VNR in the past, click here.

The HLPF also conducts regular reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals

The General Assembly reviews the functions of ECOSOC and HLPF periodically. Click here for information.

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