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MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SDG 16 Conference 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n Our world is struggling with multiple challenges of deepening inequalities, climate change, geopolitical tensions and escalating conflicts. With only five years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, bold and coordinated efforts are needed to accelerate progress, uphold human rights, and fulfill the promise of a more just, inclusive, and sustainable future. The SDG 16 Conference<\/strong><\/a> provides a platform to explore trends, challenges, and opportunities to accelerate SDG 16 action and highlight its role as an enabler of all the 17 Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Conference will highlight the critical importance of all-of-government and all-of-society engagement, alongside the need to mobilize further actions and partnerships to advance SDG 16 and the 2030 Agenda. It will showcase how investing in peaceful, just, and inclusive societies can yield long-term social and economic benefits, strengthen institutions, and build public trust. The outcomes of the Conference will contribute to the 2025 High-level Political Forum<\/a> for Sustainable Development and other key intergovernmental events, including the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development<\/a> and the Second World Summit for Social Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Conference will feature three thematic panel sessions: 1) Stocktaking progress on SDG 16: Assessing achievements and challenges<\/em>; 2) The business case for investment in peaceful, just and inclusive societies<\/em>; 3) The way forward: Leveraging SDG 16 to accelerate progress on shared priorities in line with the Pact for the Future and other multilateral agreements and processes<\/em>. It will also include the presentation by civil society stakeholders of the 2025 Rome Civil Society Declaration on SDG16+.<\/p>\n The Conference, which will be held under the theme \u201cAdvancing peace, justice and institutions for sustainable development,\u201d is organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA), the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations.<\/p>\n WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12 May 2025, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EDT<\/p>\n WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ECOSOC Chamber, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters in New York<\/p>\n Follow live on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Web TV. 10:00 am \u2013 1:00 pm<\/a> EDT; 3:00 \u2013 6:00 pm<\/a> EDT<\/p>\n WHO:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ministers and other high-level government representatives, senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ officials, experts from international organizations, academia, the private sector, youth, and civil society organizations.<\/p>\n The Conference will feature statements by:<\/p>\n More details, including the programme and full list of speakers, can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Main hashtag: #SDG16Conference<\/p>\n Media Contacts: <\/strong><\/p>\n Alexandra del Castello, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Global Communications | alexandra.delcastello@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n Helen Daun Rosengren, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Economic and Social Affairs | rosengrenh@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n Julie Powell, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Economic and Social Affairs | powellj1@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n Information for attending in person: <\/strong><\/p>\n Please note that to attend in person, all media representatives need to be accredited. Instructions are available on the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0of the Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit. For more information, you can also contact them at malu@un.org<\/a> or +1 212-963-6934.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Media Advisory | Amidst intersecting crises, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ conference seeks to accelerate progress towards SDG 16 – on peace, justice and strong institutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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