Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Gloria Amparo Alonso Másmela, Minister of National Planning, Colombia Saumya Aggarwal, Co-Founder, Youth for Peace International Delegates gather for the closing of HLPF Marianne Beisheim, German Institute for International and Security Affairs Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki, Finland Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki, Finland Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Minister of Planning, Bangladesh Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General, Economic and Social Affairs Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth David Donoghue, co-facilitator of the intergovernmental negotiations on the 2030 Agenda and Distinguished Fellow, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Helen Mountford, Vice-President for Climate and Economics, World Resources Institute (WRI), moderated the event, which focused on what Heads of State and Government should know and how the HLPF can be improved. Inga Rhonda King, President, ECOSOC Delegates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General, Economic and Social Affairs, and Inga Rhonda King, President, ECOSOC, share a light moment as HLPF 2019 draws to a close. Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General, Economic and Social Affairs Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General, Economic and Social Affairs, holding a copy of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Kira Christianne Danganan Azucena, Vice-President, ECOSOC Nigel Bruce, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Batyr Bazarov, Minister of Finance and Economy, Turkmenistan Batyr Bazarov, Minister of Finance and Economy, Turkmenistan Maria Flachsbarth, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany View of the dais during the General Debate Tlohelang Aumane, Minister of Development Planning, Lesotho El Moctar Djay, Minister of Economy and Finance, Mauritania Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the UN Dawn Hastings-Williams, Minister of State, Guyana Jaime Hermida, Nicaragua, speaks with delegates Delegates between sessions Around UN Headquarters Visitors to the UN pose in front of the Nelson Mandela statue in celebration of International Nelson Mandela Day. Visitors to the UN pose in front of the Nelson Mandela statue in celebration of International Nelson Mandela Day. Nandcoomar Bodha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and International Trade, and Minister of Public Infrastructure and Land Transport, Mauritius Delegates between sessions Ali Masoud Ali Al Sunaidy, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Oman David Adeang, Minister for Finance and Sustainable Development, Nauru Belgacem Ayed, Ministry of Development, Investment, and International Cooperation, Tunisia 2019, which would have been Nelson Mandela's 101st birthday, the theme of Nelson Mandela International Day was ‘Take action, Inspire change.’ A call was made for everyone to commit themselves to 67 minutes of service throughout the day, in recognitio Gay McDougall, International Human Rights Lawyer