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Statement of Concluding Observations of the HLPF 2020

Maat issues the concluding observations report on its participation in the high-level political forum

Akil: The increasing number of African countries participating in the forum is a positive sign, although it is not mandatory

Hajar Moncef: The lack of data on sustainable development is one of the main challenges facing African countries

Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights issued a final report on the summary of the Foundation's participation and what it followed and interacted with in terms of sessions and side events during the activities of the high-level political forum this year, which was held from 6 to 17 July 2020.

Maat Foundation, in its capacity as coordinator of the North African region in the Forum's group of major NGOs, participated in the side events of African countries, which were held by the diplomatic missions of countries and specialized bodies as well as stakeholders from civil society organizations. The Maat Foundation also launched an analytical study on the sidelines of the forum’s works, titled: “Covid 19 and Sustainable Development in Africa: Will anyone be left behind?” The study dealt with the implications of the “Covid 19” pandemic on African countries and their ability to complete work in accordance with the sustainable development goals. .

The final report of Ma'at also focused on the participation of African countries in the process of submitting voluntary national reports, in which the Foundation participated in providing interventions on those reports, and listed its most prominent observations on the process of reviewing voluntary reports and the most prominent focus of country delegations through those reports.

Ayman Aqil, President of Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights stated that although the HLPF mechanism is primarily a voluntary one, the number of African countries participating in the forum's activities is considered relatively good. Last year, 17 African countries participated, and this year 16 countries, and among those countries participated in the forum more than once, noting that the number of participants in the forum for the first time increased. This means that African countries are convinced of the importance of the mechanism in promoting and advancing the sustainable development goals, and the desire of these countries to market themselves and their development efforts year after year.

Aqeel indicated that the majority of African countries have announced in their voluntary reports that they have formed national bodies to work on sustainable development goals in a more specialized manner, as well as announced the formation of national sustainable development agendas that are consistent and compatible with the UN agenda, which is also a positive thing, highlighting the good intentions of governments in Work to truly achieve sustainable development despite the many challenges.

As Hajar Abdel Monsef indicated: Head of the African Affairs and Sustainable Development Unit, that there is a real problem in almost all African countries represented in the lack of data used to measure the extent of achieving the sustainable development goals, which represents an ongoing and strategic challenge for African governments to develop these statistics and data.

Abdel Monsef praised the initiative launched by Mrs. Mona Gul, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the end of the forum, which is a UN stamp bearing the slogan: “We are all in this together - Help stop the spread of Covid 19, whose financial revenues will be transferred. Directly to the WHO COVID-19 Response Fund.

 

 

Concluding Observations Report on Maat's participation in the 2020 voluntary reporting process

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