The UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) is at the heart of the UN's follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Analysing the first full cycle of the HLPF (2016–19), we ask what and how the HLPF delivers. In the early debates on its mandate, experts suggested that the HLPF could be an orchestrator, arguing that it would likely have to rely upon indirect and non-hierarchical forms of governance. Others asked for more or expected less. For the analysis of the HLPF's (orchestration) qualities, we study the proceedings of the HLPF and specifically the HLPF's review of SDG 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions, one of the most contested goals and therefore an interesting hard case. Taken together, DESA as the secretariat of the HLPF does indeed use orchestration to make the most out of the forum's mandate, both through convening and shaping third actors' activities. Political conflicts and limited resources, however, negatively impact what they can do and what the HLPF can deliver. The results of the UN's recent negotiations on the review of the HLPF's ‘format and organizational aspects’ (2020–21) did not change that.

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联合国可持续发展高级别政治论坛：或多或少的协调者？

联合国可持续发展高级别政治论坛 (HLPF) 是联合国落实和审查 2030 年议程和可持续发展目标 (SDG) 的核心。分析 HLPF 的第一个完整周期（2016-19），我们询问HLPF 提供什么以及如何提供。在关于其任务的早期辩论中，专家们建议 HLPF 可以是一个管弦乐队r，认为它可能不得不依赖间接和非等级制的治理形式。其他人要求更多或期望更少。为了分析 HLPF 的（编排）质量，我们研究了 HLPF 的会议记录，特别是 HLPF 对关于和平、正义和强大机构的可持续发展目标 16 的审查，这是最具争议的目标之一，因此是一个有趣的疑难案例。总而言之，经社部作为高级别政治论坛的秘书处确实通过召集和塑造第三方活动来充分利用论坛的任务。然而，政治冲突和有限的资源对他们的能力和 HLPF 的能力产生了负面影响。联合国近期关于审查高级别政治论坛的谈判结果'