Bilateral Relations

Intervention by Hungary at the High-Level SDG Action Event entitled "Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Agenda", 23 March 2017.

The President of the UN General Assembly, Mr Peter Thomson convened a high level Action Event on Climate Change and the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development in collaboration with Ms. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Trusteeship Council Chamber on 23 March.

Hungary celebrated women’s empowerment with an active presence at the high-level week of the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). In her national statement at the General Assembly, high level discussions and panels, Head of Delegation H.E. Ms Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich, Deputy State Secretary for International and Youth Affairs presented Hungarian policies promoting women’s active participation and return to the world of work. The Hungarian Mission organized an exhibition entitled “Painted Dreams – Hungarian Roma Women Artists”, and two side events, focusing on gender stereotypes and the importance of work-life balance.

Dr Boglárka Illés, Deputy State Secretary for Youth Affairs and Equal Opportunities represented Hungary at the 2017 ECOSOC Youth Forum.