MPPN and OPHI Co-Hosted Side Event with Costa Rica at 74th Session of UN General Assembly

High-Level Side Event at the UN General Assembly Call for action: Using multidimensional poverty indices to lead progress in the SDGs. 

Wednesday 25th September 2019, 8:00am 

Conference Room 1, UNHQ, New York 

Hosted by the President of Costa Rica, H.E. Carlos Alvarado On behalf of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network (MPPN). 

This event constituted a ‘call for action’ for the use of multidimensional poverty measures to lead progress towards the SDGs. 

It highlighted the importance of political leadership to end poverty, reduce inequality and leave no one behind. 

The discussion generated by the event sought to galvanize action and foster collaboration among institutions and sectors to design sustainable solutions that have a greater impact on people living in poverty. 

Confirmed speakers included: 

H.E. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica 

H.E. Eugene Rhuggenaath, Prime Minister of Curaçao 

H.E. Barry Faure, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Blue Economy, Seychelles will deliver a message for President Danny Faure, President of Seychelles 

H.E. Luis Felipe Lopez Calva, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP will deliver a message for Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme 

H.E. Teodoro Ribera, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile 

H.E. Jackson Mthembu, Minister in the Presidency, South Africa 

H.E. Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan 

H.E. Shamsul Alam, Member (Senior Secretary), National Planning Commission, Bangladesh 

H.E. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, (Federal Minister), Government of Pakistan 

H.E. Ghada Fathi Wali, Minister of Social Solidarity, Arab Republic of Egypt 

H.E. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruk, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Nigeria 

H.E. Rosemarie G. Edillon, Undersecretary, National Economic Development Authorities, Philippines 

H.E. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, UN - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean H.E. Hayfaa abu Ghazaleh, Assistant Secretary-General, Head of Social Affairs, League of Arab States delivering a message on behalf of H.E. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General, League of Arab States 

H.E. Carin Jämtin, Director-General, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency 

H.E. Vidhya Ganesh, Director of Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring (DAPM), UNICEF 

H.E. Yolanda Martínez López, Secretary of Social and Human Development of Oaxaca, Mexico 

H.E. José Aguilar, Executive Director, Horizonte Positivo, Costa Rica 

Please find updates to the agenda here.