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SDG16 Conference

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High-Level Opening (10:00-10:30 am EDT)
  • H. E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (video message)
  • H.E. Mr. Giorgio Silli, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy (video message)
  • H. E. Mr. Philémon Yang, President of the General Assembly
  • H.E. Mr. Robert Rae, President of the Economic and Social Council
  • Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
  • Ms. Jan Beagle, Director-General, International Development Law Organization (IDLO) 

Moderator: H. E. Mr. Maurizio Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations 

Panel 1: Stocktaking progress on SDG 16: Assessing achievements and challenges (10:30 am-12:30 pm EDT)
  • H.E. Mr. Jorge Rodrigo Araújo Messias, Attorney General of the Union, Brazil
  • Hon. Lady Justice Philomena Mwilu, Deputy Chief Justice and Vice President, Supreme Court of Kenya
  • Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director, UNODC (video message)
  • Mr. Helder Da Costa, General Secretary, g7+ Secretariat
  • Ms. Daniela Barba, Director of Research on Access to Justice, World Justice Project
  • Ms. Lynrose Jane D. Genon, Executive Council Member, Young Women+ Leaders for Peace – The Philippines (YW+PL-PH)  

Interactive dialogue with Member States and Q&A 

Moderator: Ms. Jan Beagle, Director-General, International Development Law Organization (IDLO) 

Presentation of the 2025 Rome Civil Society Declaration on SDG16+ (12:30-1 pm EDT) 
  • Ms. Manal Benani, Sustainable Cooperation for Peace & Security (SCPS) / Africa Europe Foundation
  • Ms. Natalia Peláez Pérez, Founder and Director, Fundación LATIR
  • Mr. Musa Ansumana Soko, Youth Partnership for Peace and Development / WASH-Net
  • Mr. Andrews Kananga, Executive Director, Legal Aid Forum Rwanda
  • Ms. Mojisola Akinsanya, Executive Director, Women for Peace & Gender Equality Initiative (WOPEGEE)
  • Mr. Zia Ur-Rehman, Coordinator, Asia Development Alliance  

Moderator: Mr. John Romano, Director, TAP Network/Mr. Peter van Sluijs, Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Expert and Coordinator, CSPPS 

Panel 2: The business case for investment in peaceful, just and inclusive societies (3-4:15 pm EDT)
  • H. E. Mr. Olivier Boucal, Minister of Public Service and Public Service Reform, Ministry of Public Service, Senegal
  • Hon. Hussein Thomasi, Solicitor General and Legal Secretary, Ministry of Justice, The Gambia
  • H.E. Ms. Anne Désirée Ouloto, Minister of Civil Service and Modernization of the Administration of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
  • Mr. Haoliang Xu, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Ms. Müge Finkel, Associate Professor of International Development, Director of Ford Institute for Human Security, & Co-Director of Gender Inequality Research Lab (GIRL), School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), University of Pittsburgh
  • Ms. Liliane Adriko, Chief Executive Officer, Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Uganda) 

Interactive dialogue with Member States and Q&A 

Moderator: Ms. Margaret Williams, Associate Director, SDG16+ Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies 

Panel 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 (4:14-5:30 pm EDT)
  • H.E. Mr. Thomas Zahneisen, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
  • Ms. Tashi Pem, Chairperson, Royal Civil Service Commission, Bhutan
  • Ms. Cristel Urquía Dubón, Deputy Mayor of Intibucá, Honduras
  • Ms. Rigbe Gebrehawaria, Commissioner for Women, Children, Older Persons, and Disability Rights at the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
  • Ms. Luisa Franco Machado, Founder and Executive Director, EquiLabs and Young Leader for the SDGs (Brazil)  

Interactive dialogue with Member States and Q&A 

Moderator: Mr. Navid Hanif, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN DESA 

Closing of the Conference (5:30-6 pm EDT)
  • Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN DESA
  • Ms. Jan Beagle, Director-General, IDLO 

Moderator: H. E. Mr. Maurizio Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations