Objective: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was joined by leaders of the UN to highlight their joint efforts to best support all countries and their peoples in making sustainable development a reality. The event aimed to demonstrate the UN system's collective capacity to advance greater integration and coherence of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in order to redress current imbalances and promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, social justice and environmental protection as mutually supportive goals.

ECLAC Participant: Ms. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary as Moderator