#Timefor8: the clock is ticking for a New Social Contract      Issue 6 / 2023 -  Sign Up 

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The UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) begins today at 10:00 am (New York time / EDT).

Over the next two weeks, an ITUC delegation will join hundreds of representatives from governments, civil society organisations, the private sector and other stakeholders at the HLPF to discuss global sustainable development strategies and policies.

The delegation includes Fathimath Zimna (MCTU, Maldives), Jordi Musoni (CESTRAR, Rwanda), Olivier Ouedraogo (CSB, Burkina Faso), along with Paola Simonetti and Diego López from the ITUC.

Through its work, the delegation will bring forward workers’ demands on the five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are under review this year, as well as on how to accelerate action towards the 2030 Agenda in general.

Discussions will focus on the global progress needed to ensure both the availability and the sustainable management of water and sanitation (SDG 6), the provision of affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy (SDG 7), the construction of resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and fostering innovation (SDG 9), the task of making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11) and finally, the reinforcement of the means of implementation, and the revitalisation of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development (SDG 17).

ITUC President Akiko Gono emphasised the importance of working peoples’ interests being represented by trade unions within development policies and said:

“Midway to 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals are more relevant than ever to deliver a New Social Contract. The time to act is now!”

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✊ WORKERS' DEMANDS TO THE HLPF 

To contribute to the 2030 Agenda workers are calling for a gender-transformative, SDG 8-led New Social Contract with six key workers’ demands: (1) decent, climate-friendly jobs with just transition; (2) rights for all workers; (3) minimum living wages; (4) universal social protection for all; (5) equality in income, gender and race; and (6) inclusion within and among countries, based on social dialogue and renewed multilateralism.

To learn more about the correlations between SDG 8 and the five SDGs under review at this year’s HLPF, as well as workers’ proposals for building an inclusive and sustainable world that leaves no one behind, download the position paper below.

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📅 UPCOMING HLPF EVENTS, 10-19 JULY 2023

• 11 July Review of SDG 6
  ➡️Read our priorities for this SDG
• 12 July, 10:00 am-1:00 pm (EST)  
  Jordi Musani will speak in the plenary debate: SDG 7 and interlinkages with other SDGs – Affordable and clean energy (TBD)
  ➡️Read our priorities for this SDG
• 12 July Review of SDG 9
  ➡️Read our priorities for this SDG
• 13 July Review of SDG 11
  ➡️Read our priorities for this SDG
• 13 July, 4:15-6:00 pm (EST) 
  Olivier Ouedraogo will speak in the plenary debate: African countries, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries Turning the tide, regaining lost ground and embarking on the road to the SDGs
  ➡️Read the related trade unions’ reports on SDG progress 2023: Bangladesh | Burkina Faso | Rwanda | Tanzania
•  14 July, 9:00-11:00 am (EDT)
  Paola Simonetti will speak in the plenary debate: Perspectives from major groups and other stakeholders at the mid-point of the SDGs: Towards inclusive transformation
  ➡️Read trade unions’ position to the HLPF: “Making the 2030 Agenda a Reality through a New Social Contract”.
•  14 July, 3:00-6:00 pm (EDT)
  Jordi Musoni will speak in the session dedicated to the Voluntary National Review of Rwanda.
  ➡️Read the report of the Centrale des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Rwanda (CESTRAR) “A trade union focus on the SDGs: Rwanda”.
•  14 July, 3:00-6:00 pm (EDT)
  Olivier Ouedraogo will speak in the session dedicated to the Voluntary National Review of Burkina Faso.
  ➡️Read the report of the Confédération Syndicale Burkinabè (CSB) “A trade union focus on the SDGs: Burkina Faso”.  
•  16 July, 10:00 am-4:30 pm (EST)
  Diego López will speak at the Fourth Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
  ➡️Read the ITUC’s position paper to the HLPF to know more about workers’ climate-related demands.  
  📺 Watch it live on UN Web TV
•  18 July, 8:00-9:30 am (EST)
  Fathimath Zimna will speak at the High-level Political Forum Side Event “Just Transitions for All: Achieving Climate and Social Justice” organised by the ILO, UNEP, and the Permanent Missions to the UN of Belgium and Morocco. 
•  19 July, 9:00 am-1:00 pm (EST)
  Fathimath Zimna will respond to the Voluntary National Review of the government of the Maldives.
  ➡️Read the report of the Maldives Trade Union Congress (MTUC) “A trade union focus on the SDGs: Maldives”.
• 19 July, 1:15-2:30 pm (EST)
  Diego López will speak at the High-level Political Forum Side Event “Delivering the SDGs: revitalized partnerships with the EU” organised by the EU delegation to the UN.
  📺 Watch it live on UN Web TV

➡️Consult the official programme of the HLPF

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