Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals – latest information, 5 March 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 5:45AM The President of the General Assembly has appointed the Permanent Representatives of Hungary, HE Ambassador Csaba Körösi, and Kenya, HE Ambassador Macharia Kamau, as the co-facilitators to prepare for the first meeting of the Open Working Group (OWG) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). First, they will be facilitating consultations on the Group’s leadership, agenda, and programme of work and methods. The Permanent Representative of Brazil, HE Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, has also been invited to work with the co-facilitators. The first meeting of the OWG is expected to take place in mid-March.
As already reported, countries are sharing their places on the OWG, with differing arrangements. It is important to remind your Government, if a member of the Group, that the expertise of civil society should be fully involved, in accordance with Future We Want, para 248.