High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, convened under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), will take place on 26 June – 10 July in the United States. The theme of this year’s meeting which is the third edition, will be ‘’Strengthening integration, implementation and review – the HLPF after 2015’’.
The fundamental target of the meeting is to discuss the possible contributions and roles of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to the implementation and evaluation process of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Different works and processes integrated with Sustainable Development Goals are among the topics of the meeting. In this regard, Rio +20, SIDS Conference and sustainable production and consumption processes will reserve a place on the agenda of the meeting. Dr. Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul and the President of the UCLG World Organization will make the opening speech and before the meeting Mr. Topbaş had a bilateral discussion with Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General.