The President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has closed the list of countries that may present voluntary national reviews (VNRs) during the July 2021 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).

In a letter to governments on 22 October 2020, ECOSOC President Munir Akram notes that countries presenting a VNR for the first time will have 30 minutes each. Countries presenting second or third VNRs are allocated 20 minutes, and they are grouped with other countries for panel-format presentations.

The final list includes 44 countries. They include ten first-time presenters, 25 presentations of second reports, and nine countries presenting a VNR for the third time. 

The list consists of ten African countries, 14 from the Asia-Pacific region, three Eastern European states, 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries, and six countries from the Western European and Other States Group (WEOG), using the UN’s categorization of countries into five regional groups.

The table below identifies the 44 countries along with their region and whether they will present a VNR for the first, second or third time.  

Presenting Country
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bhutan
Bolivia 
Cabo Verde
Chad
China
Colombia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Germany
Guatemala
Indonesia
Iraq
Japan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Madagascar
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Myanmar
Namibia
Nicaragua
Norway
Pakistan
Paraguay
Qatar
San Marino
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Thailand
Tunisia
Uruguay
Zimbabwe
Region
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Eastern Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
Africa
Africa
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia and the Pacific
Eastern Europe
Asia and the Pacific 
Western Europe and Others
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Africa
Western Europe and Others
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific
Africa
Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia and the Pacific
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Western Europe and Others
Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia and the Pacific
Western Europe and Others
Africa
Eastern Europe
Western Europe and Others
Western Europe and Others
Asia and the Pacific
Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Africa 
VNR Report Number
First
First
Third
Second
Second
First
Second
Second
Second
Third
First
Second
Second
First
Second
First
Second
Third
Second
Third
Third
Second
Second
Second
Second
Second
First
Third
First
Second
First
Second
Second
Second
Qatar
First
Third
Second
Second
Second
Second
Second
Third
Second