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HLPF 2 - Ministerial Dialogue: “International cooperation for sustainable development” - Original - July 08, 2014
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (under the auspices of ECOSOC)
HLPF Ministerial Dialogue: “International cooperation for sustainable development”
• What new commitments are countries willing to undertake for cooperation to truly spur sustainable development progress? How do they plan to reach existing commitments?
• How can all countries harness new and transformative technologies to support sustainable development?

Chair
His Excellency Ibrahim O. A. Dabbashi (Libya), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, who will also deliver messages from the Development Cooperation Forum preparations

Moderator
His Excellency Saber Chowdhury, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh

Panellists
His Excellency Fulbert Macaire Amoussouga Gero, Minister for Millennium Development Goals policies and Sustainable Development, Benin
His Excellency Borge Brende, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Norway
His Excellency Han Seung-Soo, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Water
Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals

Lead discussants
His Excellency Pekha Haavisto, Minister, International Development, Finland
Mr. Hiroshi Imanaga, Deputy Mayor of Kitakyushu, Japan
Interactive discussion

Meeting: High-level Political Forum 2014;
United Nations