Moderator Ghida Fakhry View of the opening ceremony of the High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at the chamber of the UN General Assembly View of the opening ceremony of the High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals at the chamber of the UN General Assembly Forest Whitaker, SDG Advocate and Actor Forest Whitaker, SDG Advocate and Actor Evo Morales, President of Bolivia Drummers from Mamaroneck High School UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England Victoria Barrett, ACE Fellow Amina Mohammed, Minister of Environment, Nigeria Barbara Adams, Senior Policy Advisor, Global Policy Forum Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD Youth participants at the SDGs President of the UNGA Mogens Lykketoft Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator L-R: Tove Maria Ryding, Policy and Advocacy Manager – Tax Justice, EURODAD; and Marcos Bonturi, Director, Global Relations Secretariat, OECD Torbin Möger Pedersen, CEO, Pension Denmark Sunny George Verghese, Co–Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Ltd. Sunny George Verghese, Co–Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Ltd. Sunny George Verghese, Co–Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Ltd. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General L-R: Victoria Barrett, ACE Fellow; Rima Cempaka, Office of the President of the General Assembly; Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez, Civil society representative Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez, Civil society representative Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Rumaihi, Minister of Municipality and Environment, Qatar Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Ribulik Naoero, President, Nauru Namita Vikas, Group President and Country Head, Responsible Banking & Chief Sustainability Officer, YES Bank Moderated dialogue on the SDGs L-R: Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Applied System Analysis; Moderator Ghida Fakhry; and Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University Moderated dialogue on the SDGs Leymah Gbowee, SDG Advocate and Liberian peace activist Rachel Kyte, CEO, SE4ALL, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Stefano Prato, Managing Director, Society for International Development Maggie Lake, Anchor and Correspondent, CNN International The dais during the interactive dialogue on Financing Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development The dais during the interactive dialogue on Financing Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment, Brazil Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment, Brazil L-R: Enrique García Rodríguez, Executive President and CEO, Development Bank of Latin America; Héla Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund; and Stefano Prato, Managing Director, Society for International Development Participants during the interactive dialogues on Financing Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development Christian Friis Bach, Chair, UN Regional Economic Commissions The dais during the interactive dialogue on Harnessing the Data Revolution for SDGs—Opportunities and Challenges The dais during the interactive dialogue on Technology and Data for SDGs: Enhancing Technology Development and Cooperation for SDGs Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute Barbara Birungi, Director, Women in Technology Uganda Vicente Paolo Yu, Head of Administration and Coordinator, Global Governance for Development Programme, South Centre Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International The dais during the interactive dialogue on Enhancing International Cooperation in Tax and Finance Matters János Áder, President, Hungary Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA Héla Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund