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Relations with the major groups and other stakeholders

Member States have stressed the need for the HLPF to promote transparency and implementation by further enhancing the consultative role and participation of the Major groups and other stakeholders at the international level in order to make better use of their expertise, while retaining the intergovernmental nature of discussions. The major groups and other stakeholders include non-governmental and non-profit organisations, business and industry, and local authorities, among others. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 67/290, the Forum is open to the major groups, other relevant stakeholders and entities having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the General Assembly, building on arrangements and practices observed by the Commission on Sustainable Development.

While retaining the intergovernmental character of the forum, the representatives of the major groups and other relevant stakeholders shall be allowed:

  1. To attend all official meetings of the forum;
  2. To have access to all official information and documents;
  3. To intervene in official meetings;
  4. To submit documents and present written and oral contributions;
  5. To make recommendations;
  6. To organize side events and round tables, in cooperation with Member States and the Secretariat;

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Registration for Major Groups and Other Stakeholders and NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC to the 2023 HLPF is now open. Representatives of accredited entities (those NGOs having consultative status with ECOSOC and those on the Commission for Sustainable Development roster) are requested to register to the 2023 HLPF using the Indico online events registration system by 25 June 2023 at following links: 

2023 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (10-19 July 2023): Overview · Indico
 

Note:

Major Groups and other Stakeholders allow for a structured engagement and contribution of civil society to the intergovernmental processes on sustainable development. They are self coordinated and independent from the UN Secretariat. Representatives of the Major Groups are therefore NOT representatives or staff of the United Nations, nor are they authorized to enter into business arrangements on behalf of the United Nations, or use the United Nations’ name or logo for endorsement of an activity. The views contained in material submitted by representatives of the major groups and other stakeholders do not represent those of the United Nations, nor does posting of any such material imply the approval, endorsement, or assumption of responsibility by the United Nations.