Localizing the global goals

(Submitted by the Global Parliament of Mayors)

On 13 – 15 July 2019, the Mayors Migration Council held its first Leadership Board Meeting in New York on the margins of the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals. At the Leadership Board meeting mayors reaffirmed their commitment to improving international migration governance, especially as climate change impacts forcibly displace people and is projected to further increase migration flows in the future.

During the 2019 HLPF the constituency of Local and Regional Governments held a Local and Regional Governments Day prior to the Local 2030 Event.

The constituency of local and regional governments held a Local and Regional Governments Day on July 15th, with the aim of presenting a clear and coordinated message as the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments to the High Level Political Forum, to be seen as partners for transformation, represent

Local and Regional Governments call for accelerated action to localize the SDGs at the 2019 HLPF