Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation

This book has been prepared by the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. The SecretaryGeneral’s report to the Annual Ministerial Review of the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on “Implementing the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in Regard to Sustainable Development” and the Ministerial Declaration of the ECOSOC High-level Segment are attached as annexes. The book also draws upon the debates and outcomes of the Council’s session as well as on a series of roundtables organized in preparation for the session. The roundtables and panels were sponsored by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP), UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues (OSAGI), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO).