The UAE’s participation within the 2025 UN Excessive-Stage Political Discussion board (HLPF) on Sustainable Improvement, organised by the UN Division of Financial and Social Affairs (DESA) at UN Headquarters in New York, reaffirmed the nation’s dedication to constructing sturdy worldwide partnerships, strengthening international growth cooperation, and accelerating progress on the 2030 Sustainable Improvement Targets and past.
UAE Delegation at HLPF 2025
In the course of the discussion board, the UAE delegation prioritised enhancing collaboration with international locations and worldwide organisations via a complete programme of conferences and occasions. It held over 48 bilateral conferences, participated in 8 keynote classes, and joined 10 aspect occasions and workshops aligned with the HLPF agenda. The UAE additionally hosted 10 aspect occasions to highlight its native and international growth mannequin.
The delegation engaged with a number of senior worldwide figures, together with officers from New Jersey’s authorities, police, power, well being, and financial sectors. It additionally met with Her Excellency Dr. Rola Dashti, UN Below-Secretary-Basic and Govt Secretary of Financial and Social Fee for Western Asia (ESCWA); Her Excellency Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, Minister of Social Safety on the Ministry of Social Affairs and Well being of the Republic of Finland; His Excellency Bereket Tesfamariam, State Minister for Planning and Improvement of Ethiopia; and Dr Pungkas Bahjuri Ali, Senior Advisor to the Minister for Social & Poverty Alleviation; Head of Nationwide Secretariat for SDGs, Republic of Indonesia. Further conferences have been held with representatives from Nepal, Senegal, Japan, and China.
Strategic Diplomatic Engagements
The UAE delegation led strategic engagements with His Excellency Abdulla Nasser Lootah, Assistant Minister of Cupboard Affairs for Competitiveness and Expertise Change and Chair of the Nationwide Committee for SDGs, and worldwide delegates together with His Excellency Shri Suman Bery, Vice Chairperson of the Board of India’s Nationwide Establishment for Remodeling India; His Excellency Radim Sršeň, Deputy Minister for Regional Improvement of the Czech Republic; and His Excellency Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-Basic’s Envoy on Know-how. Further discussions happened with senior leaders from the College of New York.
Enhancing Cooperation with International Establishments
The UAE delegation additionally superior cooperation with key international establishments, together with the UN Surroundings Programme (UNEP), the Meals and Agriculture Group of the United Nations (FAO), and New York Metropolis Departments of Environmental Safety and Financial Cooperation. Via its Authorities Expertise Change Programme (GEEP), the UAE held specialised classes with delegations from Uzbekistan, Eswatini, Azerbaijan, Paraguay, Russia, Nigeria, and Mexico, reflecting the breadth of its international growth partnerships.
Shaping the Way forward for Sustainable Improvement
Discussions through the discussion board centred on outlining long-term methods for sustainable growth via 2045, sharing finest practices in strategic planning, and creating progressive, tech-driven options to international challenges. The UAE emphasised the worth of partnership between governments, academia, and analysis establishments to construct resilient, inclusive, and sustainable growth methods.
Abdulla Lootah: Worldwide Partnerships Central to UAE’s Technique
His Excellency Abdulla Nasser Lootah, reaffirmed that worldwide partnerships are a central pillar of the UAE’s growth technique and a core function of its engagement in international boards such because the UN HLPF.
He emphasised the UAE’s ongoing efforts to construct partnerships that speed up SDG progress and allow international information sharing throughout sectors, notably in authorities excellence, service growth, accelerators, public insurance policies, and growth technique.
He famous that the UAE’s participation in over 48 bilateral conferences at HLPF 2025 spotlight its sturdy dedication to advancing cooperation and sharing its profitable growth fashions in assist of world progress.
UN Excessive-Stage Political Discussion board
The HLPF on Sustainable Improvement is the UN’s central platform for reviewing and advancing SDGs. Established in 2012, the discussion board performs a pivotal function in monitoring nationwide and worldwide progress on the 2030 Agenda.
Taking part delegations at HLPF conduct assessments of progress towards the SDGs, with this yr’s discussion board that includes in-depth critiques of 5 precedence objectives: SDG3 (making certain wholesome lives and selling well-being for all in any respect ages); SDG5 (reaching equality and empowering all ladies and ladies); SDG8 (selling sustained, inclusive and sustainable financial development, full and productive employment and first rate work for all); SDG14 (conserving and sustainably utilizing the oceans, seas and marine sources for sustainable growth); and SDG17 (strengthening and revitalising the International Partnership for Sustainable Improvement).