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(Part 2) High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development - September 24, 2013
One critical outcome of the Rio+20 Conference was the decision to establish a universal intergovernmental high-level political forum on sustainable development.

Welcome remarks by the President of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, H.E. John Ashe

Statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. Ban Ki-moon

Statement by the President of the Economic and Social Council, H.E. NĂ©stor Osorio and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations

Statement by the President of Federative Republic of Brazil, H.E. Dilma Rousseff

Statement by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, H.E. Enrico Letta

Statement by the President of the World Bank Group, Mr. Jim Yong Kim

Statement by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Ms. Christine Lagarde Statement by a representative of Major Groups, Ms. Gita Sen, Professor at the Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India

Meeting: High-level political forum 2013;
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