23 September 2020, Wednesday
UNGA CONFERENCE 2020
Five Years of Action Towards the SDGs
23 September 2020, Wednesday
The UNGA Conference 2020 is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 virtually in the margins of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. The UNGA Conference 2020 is organized by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) in partnership with the JWF’s Global Partners, Member States of the United Nations, UN organs and agencies, and civil society organizations from around the world.
The UNGA Conference is the flagship event of the JWF focusing on a different theme every year within the working areas of culture of peace, human rights, and sustainable development. The day-long international conference gathers together a group of panelists and high-level speakers in consecutive 3 Panel Sessions to discuss a particular agenda and propose a framework of action.
Since 2014, The Journalists and Writers Foundation has hosted hundreds of experts from all around the world including Heads of Member States, UNGA Delegates, UN Assistant-Secretary-Generals, UN diplomats, international experts and prominent civil society actors.
Background
Five Years of Action Towards the SDGs: The successful implementation of SDG #17 (Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development) remains at the focus of the UNGA Conference 2020. The JWF contributes to this mandate by mobilizing its Global Partners to share best-practices and policy suggestions on the achievement of the UN Development Agenda 2030.
In 2015, the Member States committed to a new path of inclusive, transformative and achievable development strategy for humanity and the planet with a mission of “Leaving No One Behind”. The action-oriented 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development encourages all stakeholders including UN Agencies, Member States, private sector, civil society actors and experts to bridge the gap between policy and knowledge, create interlinkages between the goals and accelerate the implementation progress of the SDGs.
This year is a strategic turning point for our global community, as we all fight the worldwide spread of COVID-19 pandemic. This unprecedented global threat is however expected to strengthen the international communication and facilitate collaboration between the Member States of the United Nations, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society organizations, towards the common objective of creating peaceful and inclusive societies, where everyone is equally entitled to human rights, without discrimination.
Following a diligent consideration of policy outcomes from relevant sessions of UN WOMEN, ECOSOC, UN DESA, the Commission for Social Development and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the UNGA Conference 2020 includes the below topics.
UNGA Conference 2020: Five Years of Action towards the SDGs will include a comprehensive debate taking stock of the past 5-years of actions towards the SDGs in three areas: (1) Women Empowerment and Gender Equality, (2) SDG #16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, and (3) Lessons learned from COVID-19 Pandemic: Evolving Social and Economic Development for Sustainability. Finally, the Conference also aims at providing a civil society perspective and assessment of the outcome from major United Nations Conferences and Summits since 2015.
UNGA Conference 2020 Goals and Objectives:
(1) Creating a platform to debate on UN Global Agenda 2030 and analyze the “Five Years of Action Towards the SDGs”
(2) Sharing inclusive and gender responsive policies for women’s and girls’ empowerment through the critical areas of actions included in the Beijing Declaration
(3) Developing local and international strategies, policy recommendations for implementing SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
(4) Ensuring human rights and rule of law for social and economic development for all
(5) Proposing a framework for an action plan on the evolving social and economic development for sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic
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