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UN to unveil first global dashboard to measure progress beyond GDP

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New York, 4 May 2026 –? The Secretary-General¡¯s High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP will present their report to Member States at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, 7 May 2026 at 3:00 pm EDT, outlining recommendations for a country-owned, and universally applicable set of indicators that go beyond GDP to guide policy and decision-making.

UN Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres appointed the independent High-Level Expert Group in 2025 to develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond GDP following a request by Member States in the Pact for the Future.

The world is facing a paradox: despite decades of GDP growth, people are feeling disenchanted with economic and political systems, and the planet is experiencing mounting crises.

The report titled ¡°Counting What Counts: A Compass of Progress for People and Planet¡± offers the Â鶹APP¡¯ first global framework for moving beyond GDP, proposing a wider set of measures to guide economic policy toward human well?being and environmental sustainability.

WHAT:

Presentation of the Report of the Secretary-General¡¯s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Beyond GDP:?Counting what Counts: a Compass of Progress for People and Planet

? WHO:

  • Opening and Remarks by the Co-Facilitators of the Intergovernmental Process, H.E. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana) and H.E. H¨¦ctor G¨®mez Hern¨¢ndez (Spain)

  • Remarks by the 80th President of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Annalena Baerbock

  • Remarks by the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ant¨®nio Guterres

  • Presentation of the final report by the Co-Chairs of the High-Level Expert Group, Mr. Kaushik Basu and Ms. Nora Lustig

  • Remarks from the floor by Member States

  • Remarks by the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed

  • Closing remarks by the Co-Facilitators

WHEN:

Thursday, 7 May 2026, 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE:

Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York

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