Opening and High-level Policy Segment 2025

Overview

10:00hrs

until 13:00hrs

April 02

2025

Opening Session and High-level Policy Segment

OPENING 

Co-Chairs of the Regional Forum 

• Mr. Umid Abidkhadjaev, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Uzbekistan 

• H.E. Ambassador Ioannis Ghikas, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations in Geneva 

H.E. Ambassador Bob Rae, President of the Economic and Social Council and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York 

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (video message) 

Ms. Tatiana Molcean, UNECE Executive Secretary 

Ms. Ivana Živković, UNDP Regional Director for Europe and the CIS and Vice-Chair of the UN Regional Collaborative Platform for Europe and Central Asi

 

HIGH-LEVEL POLICY SEGMENT "“Sustainable, Inclusive, Science- and Evidence-based Solutions to Accelerate SDG Progress”"

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Owen Gaffney, Chief Impact Officer, Nobel Prize Outreach and Co-Lead, Earth4All initiative 

Introduction of the key findings of the 2025 UNECE SDG Progress Report: Mr. Andres Vikat, Chief, Social and Demographic Statistics Section, UNECE Statistical Division

High-level representatives, intervening in protocol order, and delegations will have the opportunity to deliver national statements. The segment will also feature reporting back from preparatory consultations by parliamentarians, civil society and youth and, time permitting, interventions by other stakeholder groups and organizations.

Location: Building E Room XIX, Palais des Nations