On 13 July 2026, H.E. Mr. Arthayudh Srisamoot, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, led the Thai delegation to the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF2026), held on 13 - 16 July 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under the theme “Delivering better: accelerating urgent and transformative action to achieve the SDGs by 2030”. The HLPF is the United Nations’ key annual platform for reviewing progress and accelerating implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Advisor delivered a statement during the General Debate of the meeting, emphasizing that achieving the SDGs does not require reinventing the wheel, but rather building on existing efforts to deliver better results. He highlighted three key areas of action: (1) promoting integrated and coherent action through whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches; (2) ensuring that SDG implementation is equitable, inclusive and people-centred, while enabling local communities to participate in shaping and driving development that responds to their own needs and local contexts; and (3) strengthening the means of implementation, particularly financing for development. He also stressed that the 2027 SDG Summit should provide an important opportunity to review progress, learn from what has worked, and set out a clear path to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs in the remaining years to 2030, while laying the groundwork for continued action beyond 2030.