High-level Forum Must Tailor Guidance, Follow-up on Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals to National Priorities, Speakers Stress in General Debate (UN - United Nations)

(Source: UN - United Nations) The High-level Political Forum, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, must provide robust monitoring and follow-up to the post-2015 sustainable development agenda while taking into consideration the national realities and priorities of States, said speakers as the Forum opened its general debate this afternoon. In particular, the Forum - which was established to replace the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development - should offer guidance and recommendations to States as they sought to implement the 17 proposed sustainable development goals, ranging from ending poverty to empowering women to combating climate change. In that...