Information and Preparation for APFSD 2022

[Villaney Remengesau]

Dear Akram, Abia, Nalini, Deepti, Murali, and Della:

CC: APRCEM Asia Pacific Disability Constituency Members and Colleagues

Kindly find below some information and reminders for the onsite and virtual/KUDO participants at next week's Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2022.

Event Information

The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual and inclusive intergovernmental forum and a regional platform for supporting countries, in particular those with special needs, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development while serving as a regional preparatory meeting to the high-level political forum.

The Forum provides a regional perspective on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda by identifying regional trends and consolidating and sharing best practices and lessons learned. The Forum takes into consideration the contributions of United Nations system bodies (at the regional level), other regional and sub-regional organizations, and relevant stakeholders.  The APFSD also supports follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda at the regional level.

The theme of the 9th APFSD is “Building back better from COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific”. The 9th APFSD will play a unique role as a catalyzer of solutions and peer learning on how to accelerate transformations for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda while recovering from COVID-19. Within this context, the forum will provide the space for an in-depth review of the following cluster of goals which will be reviewed by the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2022: SDG 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 14 (Life below water), 15 (Life on Land), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).

Sustainable Development Goals Under Review in 2022

WhatsApp

I believe all of you are in our WhatsApp group chat, APFSD Disability 2022. We'll use this for staying connected and smooth coordination of our Constituency's statement since our participation is hybrid, with some of us are in Bangkok and some in KUDO/virtually. Are there any onsite or virtual participants I've missed? Please let me know.  

Constituency statements and interventions

A longer version of the statement has been disseminated to all the Constituency members and colleagues for final input. This same longer version statement will be submitted to the APRCEM. I'll deliver the shorter version at the APFSD next week and will be sent to ESCAP. The shorter version must be presented in no more than 3 minutes. 

Programme and other information

The APFSD will be convened in hybrid mode – physically at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), and virtually on the KUDO virtual platform (plenary), and via Zoom (Roundtables for SDGs 4, 5, 17, 14, and 15 respectively) from 28 to 31 March 2022. 

The programme, documents, and information on the side and other associated events are available at https://www.unescap.org/events/apfsd9.

Contributing to APFSD discussions

If any of our Constituency members have comments or input our statement or to the roundtables discussions, please feel free to contact me. The side events are also listed below and I encourage you to participate. 

Public broadcast 

The APFSD plenary sessions on all days of the Forum will be broadcast via YouTube, and links are available at the APFSD website (see https://www.unescap.org/events/apfsd9 (Programme). The roundtable discussions on 29 March 2022 will be not publicly broadcast.  

Side events

• The APFSD will feature a large number of side events and the full programme will be available on the APFSD website shortly. We invite you to join and urge you and your colleagues and networks to also participate.

That's all for now. Keep you posted later. 

Thank you for your time and continued support. 

Warm regards,

Lany

[Deepti Karan weiss]

thank you

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[Deepti Karan weiss]

Dear Ms Smitha,

Absolutely ,good point, ,I concur with you,  there is no doubt, that SDG 3-Health is fundamental, Health is Weath after all, how can we be expected to" Build Back Better", when our health/health system suffers.  However the respective SDG's which is under review for 2022 are the SDG's which Co chair Lany has kindly shared which us, not only within this context (APFSD) but also HLPF 2022.  As we know SDG's are not a standalone goal but interconnected to all other SDG's, hence SDG 3-Health must be embedded to the respective 5 SDG's under review for this year. Therefore it requires us to be strategic about the way in which we ensure SDG 3 is  pivotal across all 5 SDGs in our approach and presentation during upcoming 9th APFSD. It is only logical for sustainability.

Best regards,

Deepti

On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 02:55, Smitha Sadasivan <smitha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Villaney for the information.  Great going.  What about SDG 3 Health? Isn't it crucial in building back better. Especially people with disabilities struggled in accessing health care during the pandemic.  Just thinking aloud.

Regards

Smitha

India

[Deepti Karan weiss]

Huge Vinaka Vakalevu(Thank you in Fijian) Ms Mere Roden, (A Pacific champion for women with disabilities/women).

Best regards,

Deepti

On Tuesday, 29 March 2022, Mere Roden <mererode...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm with you Deepti on that and also Ms Smitha.

Health is wealth and that says it all.

Big thank you to Villaney for the information shared.

Vinaka and Regards

Mere

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