Accelerating SDG Commitments: 1.8 Billion Adolescents and Youth Transforming our World: High-level luncheon dialogue

19 September 2023 13:15 – 14:45 ET
Main Delegates Dining Room, UN HQ, New York, NY, USA & Virtual

By the Government of Honduras, Organized by PMNCH, FIA Foundation, Plan International, UNFPA, WHO, UNICEF

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This high-level dialogue hosted by the Government of Honduras will convene Member States to amplify the adolescent- and youth-specific commitments announced at the 2023 SDG Summit by Member States, as part of the 1.8 Billion Young People for Change advocacy efforts. It will facilitate meaningful discussions on how these commitments can be actioned in partnership with adolescents and young people.

Agenda

  • 0:00 Welcome and Introduction
  • 2:18 Opening Remarks H.E. Eduardo Enrique Reina, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Government of Honduras
  • 10:30 Artistic intervention - Ramya Ramana, poet
  • 13:21 Intergenerational Dialogue - Intro
  • 19:10 Intergenerational Dialogue - Paola, Adolescent Leader, Bolivia
  • 24:35 Intergenerational Dialogue - H.E Helen Clark, PMNCH Board Chair
  • 27:50 Intergenerational Dialogue - Oliva Nalwadda, Youth Ambassador, FIA Foundation and Child Health Initiative (CHI)
  • 31:00 Intergenerational Dialogue - Bruce Aylward, WHO Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage, Life Course
  • 39:00 Intergenerational Dialogue - closing
  • 46:00 Commitment announcements by Member States - Hon. Silveria Jacobs, Prime Minister of Sint Maarten
  • 51:17 Commitment announcements by Member States - Hon. Kabo Morwaeng, Minister for Presidential Affairs, Botswana
  • 54:18 Commitment announcements by Member States - Hon. Zeogar Wilson, Minister of Youth and Sports, Government of Liberia
  • 57:50 Commitment announcements by Member States - Hon. Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, Government of Canada
  • 1:01:23 Commitment announcements by Member States - Hon. Jean Sendeza, Minister of Gender, Malawi
  • 1:10:57 Commitment announcements by Member States - H.E Sanjay Verma, Vice Minister of External Affairs, India 1:12:40 Commitment announcements by Member States - H.E. Dubravka Suica, Vice President of the European Commission, European Commission
  • 1:15:43 Commitment announcements by Member States - H.E Amani Abou-Zeid, African Union Commissioner
  • 1:19:20 Commitment announcements by Member States - H.E Ambassador Jorge Aranda, Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal to the UN
  • 1:21:37 Commitment announcements by Member States - Eduardo Jaramillo Navarrate, Director General for United Nations Affairs, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
  • 1:25:45 Power of partnership - H.E. Tamara Vučić, First Lady of Serbia
  • 1:34:39 Power of partnership - Diene Kieta, Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA
  • 1:38:42 Closing Remarks - Ambassador Noemi Espinoza Madrid, Chair of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), Honduras
  • 1:42:13 Closing Remarks - Moderator
  • Learn more about PMNCH UNGA 78 Advocacy Asks for adolescent well-being.
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