Scheduled
New York City
2025 marks the United Nations’ 80th anniversary, a milestone amid pressing global challenges such as inequality, poverty, climate change, and conflicts. This moment calls for reflection on the future of multilateralism and solidarity. In March 2025, the Secretary-General launched the UN80 Initiative to evaluate the Organization’s fitness for purpose. With the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals deadline approaching, efforts to modernize the UN are accelerating to address increasingly complex global challenges.
Chairperson
Robert Rae
President, Canada, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Speakers
Guy Ryder
Under-Secretary-General for Policy, United Nations (UN)
Gilbert F. Houngbo
Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Kitty van der Heijden
Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Tomas Lamanauskas
Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Robinah Nabbanja
Prime Minister, Uganda
Rachmat Pambudy
Minister of National Development Planning and Head of National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia
Abdulaziz bin Nasser bin Mubarak Al Khalifa
Secretary General, Qatar, National Planning Council (NPC)
Moderator
Sherwin Bryce-Pease
Bureau Chief and Correspondent, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Event details
Date
Location
UN headquarters, New York City, United States of America
High-Level Political Forum 2025
High-Level Political Forum 2025
Dialog
Dialog