Roundtable discussion: “Unity in Action: Accelerating SDG Implementation and Building a Better Future for All"

During the 2025 June management segment, the Economic and Social Council will convene a discussion to integrate key messages from ECOSOC subsidiary bodies and the UN system on the Council’s main theme, develop action-oriented recommendations for follow-up and feed into the high-level political forum on sustainable development (as mandated by GA resolution 75/290 A).

The discussion will take place in the form of a roundtable in the morning of Wednesday, 11 June 2025, and will focus on how to build on the recommendations in the Pact for the Future to further strengthen the role of ECOSOC in driving solutions, actions and partnerships to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and help build a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive future.

Specifically, the roundtable discussion will aim to:

  1. Integrate key messages and policy insights from the Council’s subsidiary bodies and UN system entities and generate concrete, action-oriented recommendations and guidance for the 2025 HLPF, building on the recommendations of the 2025 ECOSOC Coordination Segment.
  2. Showcase and strengthen the role of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies as drivers of multilateralism, cooperation and solidarity as well as advance collaborative and evidence-based responses to global challenges in a rapidly evolving and complex international context.
  3. Highlight the ECOSOC system’s contributions to enhancing the relevance, coherence and impact of the United Nations by generating integrated, inclusive and forward-looking policy recommendations that support the acceleration of SDG implementation and leave no one behind.
  4. Translate system-wide expertise and deliberations into coherent guidance that contributes meaningfully to ongoing global processes and the implementation of the Pact for the Future.
  5. Explore how, working together, ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies can harness the power of partnerships to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and advance our shared global priorities.

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