The Review of Social Sciences (RSS) publishes qualitative and quantitative researches in all

fields of the social sciences, the humanities, and the natural sciences.
Researches in Natural sciences that are discussed within the scope of social sciences are also
considered for publication. The journal welcomes submission  from the following
disciplines: View full list

The journal publishes a variety of scholarly works including research articles, discussion
articles, research notes and book reviews.

The journal is published monthly by the LAR Center Press, a not-for-profit organization based
in Beaverton (US) and Toronto (Canada).

Interested authors are strongly encouraged to submit their quality articles for review and
publication. All articles judged suitable for consideration will be reviewed in a double-blind
peer review process.
 The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), through its outcome
on "The Future We Want", established the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development (HLPF) in 2012.

The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level. It is the
apex of the architecture for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda established by the 2030
Agenda and General Assembly resolution 70/299.
The General Assembly in its resolution 67/290 decided that the Forum meets annually under the
auspices of the Economic and Social Council for eight days, including a three-day ministerial
segment and every four years at the level of Heads of State and Government under the auspices of
the General Assembly for two days. For the positioning of the HLPF in the UN system, please
click here.

The Forum’s first meeting was held on 24 September 2013. It replaced the Commission on
Sustainable Development, which had met annually since 1993.

The Forum adopts intergovernmentally negotiated political declarations.

Click here for information of HLPF 2019 under the auspices of the General Assembly – the SDG
Summit, including the Political Declaration and its call on “gearing up for a decade of action and
delivery for sustainable development”.

The HLPF 2023 under the auspices of the General Assembly - the second SDG Summit will be held
in September 2023. Click here for more information.

The HLPF 2023, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, will be held from
Monday, 10 July, to Friday, 14 July 2023 in New York. The high-level segment of the Council,
including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF, will be held from Monday, 17 July, to
Thursday, 20 July 2023. The theme will be "Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all
levels”. The HLPF in 2023 will review in-depth SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17. It will be a pre-summit for
preparing the SDG Summit to be held in September 2023. For more information including the
programme, click here.

Following 39 presenters will carry out voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of their implementation of
the 2030 Agenda at the HLPF 2023: Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Central African
Republic, Comoros, Chile, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, European
Union, Fiji, France, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Maldives, Mongolia, P
oland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, St Kitts &
Nevis, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Viet
Nam, Zambia.

For more information on the Voluntary National Reviews, including  VNR countries database and
countries having conducted a VNR in the past, click here.

The HLPF also conducts regular reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals

Please help to make the HLPF climate neutral by supporting UNFCCC’s certified projects

New: Informal briefing on the ECOSOC high-level segment and High-level political forum on
Sustainable Development (10-14 and 17-20 July) by the President of ECOSOC, H.E. Lachezara
Stoeva was held on Tuesday, 27 June, at 3 p.m. in the ECOSOC Chamber(Webcast)

HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM 2022

Under the auspices of ECOSOC
 5 - 15 July 2022 New York

HLPF 2022

 Voluntary National Reviews Database

 Search Inputs to the HLPF
Key Resolutions
 GA Resolution 70/1 - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
 GA Resolution 75/290 B - Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution
72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council; Review of the
implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the format and organizational
aspects of the high-level political forum on sustainable development and 70/299 on the
follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level   B
High-level political forum on sustainable development
 GA Resolution 66/288 - The Future We Want
 GA Resolution 70/299 - Follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development at the global level
 GA Resolution 67/290 - Format and organizational aspects of the HLPF
 GA Resolution 72/305 - Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 68/1
on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council

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Global Sustainable Development Report 2023

Report of the Secretary-General (special edition) entitled “Progress towards the Sustainable
Development Goals: Towards a Rescue Plan for People and Planet” (Advance Unedited version)

Letter from the President of ECOSOC on the 2023 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable
Development and ECOSOC High-level Segment

Draft programme of the 2023 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and ECOSOC
High-level Segment

Annotated Programme with speakers for the 2023 HLPF and ECOSOC High-level Segment (7 July)
(Living document subject to update)
Tentative programme of the 2023 HLPF Side Events

United Nations Secretary-General’s SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030 - February - 2023

Letter from the President of the General Assembly on the theme of 2024 ECOSOC and HLPF and Draft
Decision

Letter from the Under-Secretary-General of UN DESA on travel support to LDCs to the HLPF 2023

Letter from the President of the General Assembly on appointment of facilitator for the consultations
on the theme for 2024 ECOSOC and HLPF

Letter from the President of the General Assembly on appointment of co-facilitators for the
consultations on political declaration for the SDG Summit

Letter of the President of ECOSOC on Voluntary National Reviews at the HLPF 2023 (29 September
2022)

29 Sep 2022

Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the High-level Political forum on
Sustainable Development convened under the auspices of the Council at its 2022 session

SDG Moment
Our Common Agenda

Repository of Good Practices in VNR Reporting

Second Committee of the General Assembly

Economic and Social Council

20 Sep 2021

Decade of Action

Financing for Development Forum

Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)

Open SDG Data Hub

HLPF Over The Years

2023
Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels - HLPF under the auspices of the Economic and Social
Council 

SDG Summit 2023 – HLPF under the auspices of the General Assembly

SDG Summit 2023

During the United Nations General Assembly high-level week in September 2023, Heads of State and
Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to review the implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

2022
Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
2021
Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and
environmental dimensions of sustainable development: building an inclusive and effective path for the
achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable
development.
2020
Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable
development.

2019
Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality.
SDG Summit 2019
The SDG Summit 2019 resulted in the adoption of the Political Declaration, “Gearing up for a decade of action
and delivery for sustainable development”. World leaders called for a decade of action to deliver the SDGs by
2030 and announced actions they are taking to advance the agenda. The General Assembly endorsed the
Political Declaration on 15 October 2019. More than 100 acceleration actions have been announced.

2018
This year’s forum, under the theme “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies,” concluded
with the adoption of a Ministerial Declaration. Forty-six countries presented their Voluntary National Reviews
on their efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda. 
2017
The meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in 2017 convened under the auspices
of the Economic and Social Council, was held from Monday, 10 July, to Wednesday, 19 July 2017; including the
three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Monday, 17 July, to Wednesday, 19 July 2017.
2016
HLPF in 2016 was the first since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. The session included
voluntary reviews of 22 countries and thematic reviews of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals,
including cross-cutting issues, supported by reviews by the ECOSOC functional commissions and other inter-
governmental bodies and forums.

2015
Many ideas also emerged on how the HLPF could organize its work after 2016, and deliver on its mandates to
review SDGs progress; promote implementation of the post-2015 development agenda and conferences on
SIDS and other special situation countries; address new and emerging issues and strengthen the science policy
interface.

2014
The high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and
Social Council met when the sustainable development goals and the options for a financing strategy for
sustainable development were being formulated. The outcomes of those two processes are expected to form
central elements of the post-2015 development agenda soon to be negotiated. 

2013
The HLPF 2013 held its first meeting on Tuesday, 24 September 2013. The meeting was held under the
auspices of the General Assembly and gathered Presidents, Prime Ministers, senior officials and
representatives of stakeholders.
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HLPF
 Introduction

 Objectives
 SDGs Follow-up & Review
 Members
 Structure
 UN and other IGOs
 Stakeholders
 Secretariat
 SDG Follow Up and Review
 SDG Progress report
 Inputs
 VNRs
 VNRs Countries and their reports
 Lessons Learned and Best Practices

 Tools

HLPF 2022
 Overview
 Programme
 General Debate
 Blog

HLPF OVER THE YEARS

 2022 - Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  2021 - Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the
economic, social and environmental..
 2020 - Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and
delivery for sustainable development
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sdg10SDG sdg13SDG sdg16SDG sdg17 Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and
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 2017 - Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world

 2016 - Ensuring that no one is left behind

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