The aim of the High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG), established by the United Nations Secretary-General in January 2016, is to guide the transition of the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) movement and the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) into the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Michelle Bachelet Jeria, President of Chile (co-Chair)
Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (co-Chair)
Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland (alternate co-Chair)
Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania (alternate co-Chair)
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Canada
Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, India
Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Awa Marie Coll Seck, Minister of Health, Senegal
Rym Abdulla Al Falasy, Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, United Arab Emirates
Graça Machel, Board Chair, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health; and Founder, Graça Machel Trust
Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum
Bob Collymore, Chief Executive Officer, Safaricom
Jovana Rios Cisnero, Vice-President of the Panamanian Family Planning Association, and member of the Board of Directors of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere
Kevin J Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, World Vision International
Elhadj As Sy, Secretary-General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Saber Chowdhury, President, Inter-Parliamentary Union
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children
Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF, and Chair of the H6 (a joint effort by UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNICEF, UN Women, the World Health Organization and the World Bank)