PERMANENT MISS ION OF ROMANIA
TO THE UNITED NATIONS
MISSION PERMANENTE DE LA ROUMANIE
AUPRES DES NATIONS UNIES
High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
New York, 10 - 14 July 2017
Statement by
Mr. Teodor Dulceat,a
Secretary General
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT OF ROMANIA
Session 15 - Leveraging interlinkages foreffective ·implementation of SDGs
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Thank you, Madame Moderator.
Madame President,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
At national level, crucial for implementation of so cross-sectoral agenda is the
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policy coherence at all levels, creating bridges from various policies and
various actors involved on SDGs implementation.
In Romania, the Minister of Environment who also has the position of Vice
Prime-Minister is chairing the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable
Development. The members of the Committee are the State' Secretaries from
all relevant governmental bodies.
The Committee are working close with the new established Department for
Sustainable Development at the Prime Minister Office. We are in phase of
localizing SDGs and prepare our VNR (Voluntary National Review) to be
presented to the HLPF next year.
The regional level is also important, countries from a specific region are
facing common political, economic and environmental challenges. Regional
strategies, initiatives and actions are useful instruments on advancing the global
decisions at national and subnational level. Romania as a part of UNECE region,
submitted 5 initiatives on Batumi Ministerial Conference 11 Environment for
Europe" last year - 2 (initiatives) on Batumi Initiative on Green Economy and 3
(initiatives) on Batumi Action for Clean Air. On April. this year, the Executive
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Committee of UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)
agreed to convene every year a Re·gional Forum on Sustainable Development.
I would like to mention the important role of the High Level Political Forum, as a
platform of sharing information on various ways of implementation of the SDGs.
I thank you.
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