High-level Segment of ECOSOC

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The High-level Segment of ECOSOC, including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF, was convened from Monday, 21 July, through Thursday, 24 July 2025. The theme of the 2025 ECOSOC and HLPF is “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind”. 

The final day of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC was held on Thursday, 24 July 2025 in the ECOSOC Chamber, and included:

General debate

The general debate was held during the ministerial segment of the HLPF and the high-level segment of ECOSOC from 21 to 23 July 2025. It focused on the theme “UN@80: Catalyzing change for sustainable development”. It allowed Ministers and high-level representatives of participating States, as well as IGOs, UN system, accredited non-governmental organizations and major groups and other stakeholders to exchange experiences, lessons learned, policy guidance, transformative actions and initiatives on follow-up to the 2023 SDG Summit, the Summit of the Future, and UN80.

The list of speakers for the general debate of the high-level segment of ECOSOC, including the ministerial segment of the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council, closed on 16 July 2025. For more information, click here.

Ministerial Declaration

The negotiations on the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the 2025 session of the Economic and Social Council and the High-level Political Forum are co-facilitated by H.E. Mr. Jakub Kulhánek, Permanent Representative of Czechia to the United Nations, and H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations. For more information, click here.

Documentation

Statements submitted by NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to the 2025 ECOSOC High-level Segment