Room: H 1012

International Peace Bureau, International Sustainable Development Research Society and SERI (Sustainable Europe Research Institute)

The panel proposes a discussion on the Sustainable Development Goals, the link to peace and disarmament campaigning, and the implications for implementation.

General questions:

• Is the UN Agenda 2030 an adequate response to the main challenges we face?
• What are the major obstacles to achieving the SDGs?
• How best to persuade governments to make reductions in military spending in order to carry out their commitments to the SDGs, e.g. 10% of the military budget per year per country over the 15 years of Agenda 2030?
• How can civil society help ensure that SDG 16 is taken into account in the deliberations of the UN’s High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development?

Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace laureate, Yemen

David A. Kirshbaum, Director NY Operations, Non Violence International

Joachim Spangenberg, Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Germany

Liv Tørres, Director, Nobel Peace Center, Norway

Moderation: Ingeborg Breines, International Peace Bureau