Coordination segment

The Coordination Segment, chaired by H.E. Mr. Akan Rakhmetullin (Kazakhstan), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, took place on 31 January – 1 February 2024 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Segment featured Chairs of ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies, Executive Secretaries of regional commissions, and Heads of UN system entities, including specialized agencies.

The 2024 Coordination Segment took place at a critical juncture. In addressing the main annual theme of the 2024 session, “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: The effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions,” the Segment built on the work of the ECOSOC system to coordinate and promote coherence of their action in follow-up to the Political Declaration of the 2023 SDG Summit and provided contributions to the work of the Council and the HLPF, particularly the reviews of SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions), and SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals), which took place at the 2024 HLPF.

The Segment took into account major trends shaping the current context – including the renewal of global governance, the surge of AI and other frontier technologies in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, and the aggravation of climate change – and sought to contribute to the discussions in major events in 2024, with particular attention to the preparatory process and outcomes of the Summit of the Future. More…