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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
global indicator framework and data produced by national statistical systems and
information collected at the regional level. The high-level political forum will also
be informed by the Global Sustainable Development Report, which shall strengthen
the science-policy interface and could provide a strong evidence-based instrument to
support policymakers in promoting poverty eradication and sustainable
development. We invite the President of the Economic and Social Council to
conduct a process of consultations on the scope, methodology and frequency of the
global report as well as its relation to the progress report, the outcome of which
should be reflected in the ministerial declaration of the session of the high-level
political forum in 2016.
84. The high-level political forum, under the auspices of the Economic and Social
Council, shall carry out regular reviews, in line with General Assembly resolution
67/290 of 9 July 2013. Reviews will be voluntary, while encouraging reporting, and
include developed and developing countries as well as relevant United Nations
entities and other stakeholders, including civil society and the private sector. They
shall be State-led, involving ministerial and other relevant high-level participants.
They shall provide a platform for partnerships, including through the participation
of major groups and other relevant stakeholders.
85. Thematic reviews of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals,
including cross-cutting issues, will also take place at the high-level political forum.
These will be supported by reviews by the functional commissions of the Economic
and Social Council and other intergovernmental bodies and forums which should
reflect the integrated nature of the Goals as well as the interlinkages between them.
They will engage all relevant stakeholders and, where possible, feed into, and be
aligned with, the cycle of the high-level political forum.
86. We welcome, as outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the dedicated
follow-up and review for the financing for development outcomes as well as all the
means of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals which is integrated
with the follow-up and review framework of this Agenda. The intergovernmentally
agreed conclusions and recommendations of the annual Economic and Social
Council forum on financing for development will be fed into the overall follow-up
and review of the implementation of this Agenda in the high-level political forum.
87. Meeting every four years under the auspices of the General Assembly, the
high-level political forum will provide high-level political guidance on the Agenda
and its implementation, identify progress and emerging challenges and mobilize
further actions to accelerate implementation. The next high-level political forum
under the auspices of the General Assembly will be held in 2019, with the cycle of
meetings thus reset, in order to maximize coherence with the quadrennial
comprehensive policy review process.
88. We also stress the importance of system-wide strategic planning,
implementation and reporting in order to ensure coherent and integrated support to
the implementation of the new Agenda by the United Nations development system.
The relevant governing bodies should take action to review such support to
implementation and to report on progress and obstacles. We welcome the ongoing
dialogue in the Economic and Social Council on the longer-term positioning of the
United Nations development system and look forward to taking action on these
issues, as appropriate.
89. The high-level political forum will support participation in follow-up and
review processes by the major groups and other relevant stakeholders in line with
resolution 67/290. We call upon those actors to report on their contribution to the
implementation of the Agenda.
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