The 2023 High-Level Political Forum and the WTO The UN’s High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), held annually, offers organizations, including the WTO, the opportunity to review progress towards the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the case of the WTO, this involves examining the contribution of international trade and the multilateral trading system to attainment of the SDGs and to development in general.The 2023 HLPF will focus particularly on Goal 6 (“Clean water and sanitation”), Goal 7 (“Affordable and clean energy”), Goal 9 (“Industry, innovation and infrastructure”), Goal 11 (“Sustainable cities and communities”) and Goal 17 (“Partnerships for the goals”). The HLPF will also take into account the different and particular impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across these SDGs and the integrated, and interlinked nature of the SDGs. The HLPF process therefore gives the WTO the opportunity to delve into SDGs where connections with trade have not been examined in detail up to now.