Table 3 Some quotable quotes from the inaugural HLPF (2013)
From: Sustainable Development Goals: Concept and Challenges of Global Development Goal Setting
Speaker | Quotable quote |
|---|---|
General Assembly President, John Ashe | Today, we confirmed that we are ready to implement the vision of Rio+20, putting poverty eradication and sustainable development at the core of the post-2015 development agenda |
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon | I am pleased to see such high-level representation here today. Your forum is a key platform for examining today’s challenges in a holistic and integrated manner |
Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, who presided over the Forum as the President of Rio+20 | States had taken a decisive step toward consolidating the Rio sustainable development agenda having agreed that eradicating poverty was the most prominent global challenge. We must live up to the expectations of our peoples |
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim | Rio+20 created momentum. We have the opportunity to take it to the next level |
Christine Lagarde, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund | We are here today for one reason and one reason only – to agree on the actions we must take as a global community to support global sustainable development |