WTO contribution to the 2022 UN High-Level Political Forum

The WTO is playing an important role in the achievement of the UN's Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and collaborates closely with the UN's Department for Economic and Social Affairs in monitoring progress in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since 2016, the WTO has submitted annual reports to the UN's High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on WTO efforts to achieve trade-specific targets in the SDGs. In its 2022 report, the WTO provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between trade and SDGs 4 (“quality education”), 5 (“gender equality”), 14 (“life below water”), 15 (“life on land”) and 17 (“partnerships for the Goals”), as well as the WTO’s role in contributing to the realisation of these five goals.