Press Release
By Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria Co
Chair, Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance
The High Level Political
Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2017 is currently
ongoing at the United National in New York since July 10, 2017. From Monday
July 17 to Wednesday 19, 2017 is the Ministerial session. Malaysia is one among
44 countries that is presenting a country report on the progress made in the
implementation of the SDGs and future plans.
The presentation of Voluntary
National Reviews was agreed upon by all the governments when the General
Assembly in September 2015 collectively agreed to the 2030 SDG Global
transformational agenda. They all agreed to share their best practices.
For 2017 the UN is
undertaking the reviews based on the theme "Eradicating poverty and
promoting prosperity in a changing world" and a focus is on SDG
1,2,3,5,9,14 and 17 of the seventeen SDGs.
Dato' Haji Abdul Rahman
Dahlan, the EPU Minister is representing the Malaysian government at the 2017
HLPF and two senior EPU officials are already here in New York namely Dato
Yogeswaran and Mr Abdul Halim Abdul Aziz.
The Malaysian report is an
82 page document. It provides a comprehensive overview of the Malaysian achievements
in poverty eradication, the aligning of the Eleventh Malaysia Plan and the SDGs
as well as noting some of the challenges and the way forward over the next few
years till 2030.
This report will be
presented and discussed on July 17, 2017 at 5.30pm (New York time) which is
5.30am Malaysian time on July 18, 2017. Malaysian CSOs will have an opportunity
to make a statement and ask a question.
Malaysia
CSO Side event
Malaysian CSO-SDG
Alliance is organising a discussion on the Malaysian VNR on July 18, 2017 at
9.30am (Malaysian time at 9.30pm on July 18, 2017 at the Baha'i
International Community, United Nations Plaza, New York.
We have confirmation that
the EPU, UN ESCAP and UNDP will participate in this program. From the CSO
community there are six representatives here attending the 2017 HLPF and they
have all agreed to be on the panel. They are Mr Rizal Rozhan (Empower
Malaysia), Ms Chee Yoke Lin (Third World Network), Ms Lakshmi Lavanya Rama Iyer
(WWF Malaysia), Mr Atama Katama (PACOS Malaysia), Mr Alizan Mahadi (Global
Environmental System Leaders Research Assistant, Keio University, Japan) &
Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria (Alliance). They will share their reviews on the
Malaysian VNR report.
Among those who have
registered to participate are Ms Christina Chelliah the former Miss Malaysia
Universe 2002 (1st Runner Up) and Miss Malaysia Tourism World 2002 who now
lives in New York with her husband Chris Murphy. Another Malaysian New Yorker
who is attending is Mr Ray Tan, the Founder & President of the New York
Malaysian Association.
For the Alliance this is
a very significant event as our CSO review is also being done at the UN stage
in New York. This provide a global review and in the spirt of the SDGs civil
society is a key partner in the full realisation of the SDGs. While Malaysian
CSOs are appreciative of the networking with the government on SDGs but they
have some major concerns with the report which they feel need to be highlighted
so as to address the gaps and challenges effectively over the next few years.
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Useful web linkages:-
The Malaysian VNR report is posted on the UN website.
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/15881Malaysia.pdf
You can watch the
Malaysian country report presentation, live on the UN website on July 18, 2017
at 5.30am. http://webtv.un.org/
We are trying to organise
a skype casting of the CSO discussion too and Rizal of Empower is seeking to
make some arrangements on this.
July 15, 2017 from New
York
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