United Nations Secretary General at the SDG Summit

The SDG Summit, taking place at the 78th United Nations General Assembly, marks the halfway point of the Sustainable Development Goals.

“This is a moment of solidarity for our global village at our global Town Hall — the United Nations,” said Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed. “With only 15% of the SDG targets on track, it is time to come together to find just and equitable solutions and take them to scale.”

During high-level week of the General Assembly, the SDG Pavilion will host a series of Halftime Talks — a collaborative mix of panel discussions, lightning talks, demonstrations, and films, as well as artistic performances focused on just and equitable solutions.

The UN Office for Partnerships is working with Project Everyone, a not-for-profit communications agency co-founded by SDG Advocate and screenwriter Richard Curtis, in collaboration with renowned artist Es Devlin, to create the SDG Pavilion, a unique convening space and art exhibition.

To use a sporting analogy, the world is down halftime. However, the good news is that any given match is won in the second half. The SDG Pavilion programming encourages participants to imagine winning.

The programme can be found at www.sdghalftime.org