2025 Coordination Segment

The Coordination Segment, chaired by H.E. Mr. Anatolio Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, will take place on 6 – 7 February 2025 at the UN Headquarters in New York.

The Coordination Segment will address the main annual theme of the 2025 session of ECOSOC and the HLPF: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for leaving no one behind” while also contributing the in-depth reviews of the HLPF of SDG 3 (good health and well-being), SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth), SDG 14 (life below water), and SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals).

In the current evolving context, the 2025 Coordination Segment will play a crucial role in aligning the work of the ECOSOC system with the urgency to expedite the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. By bringing together Member States, ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies, United Nations regional commissions and UN system entities, including specialized agencies, the Segment will continue to serve as a key platform for the Council to provide forward-looking policy guidance and direction to the work of its subsidiary bodies and the UN system entities in the economic, social, health and environmental areas and to promote the integrated implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other major United Nations conferences and summits.

The objectives of the 2025 Coordination Segment will be to:

1. Provide guidance to the ECOSOC system for coordinated action to address pressing global issues and advance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs to leave no one behind, including the most vulnerable countries.
2. Foster sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions to accelerate SDGs  implementation, in particular those under review, and follow-up on the implementation of the 2024 Ministerial Declaration of ECOSOC and the HLPF.
3. Discuss coordinated approaches by the UN system to implement the Pact for the Future and its annexes.
4. Ensure an enhanced contribution by the ECOSOC system to the 2025 HLPF and other upcoming intergovernmental processes in the economic, social, environmental and related fields in 2025, including the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, the Second World Summit for Social Development, the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action 1995 (Beijing+30) and the review of implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20). 

It is envisaged that high-level participation by Chairs of ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies, Executive Secretaries of the regional commissions, and Heads of UN system entities, including specialized agencies, will enable ECOSOC members to engage in a substantial policy dialogue, leading to concrete recommendations.

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/290 A, an informal note will be prepared by the Secretariat to inform the discussions during the Coordination Segment. A non-negotiated factual summary will be prepared by the President of the Economic and Social Council, in consultation with the Bureau, to reflect discussions during the Partnership Forum and the Coordination Segment as well as strategic proposals made during the Coordination Segment.