Major Groups write to co-facilitators of the post-2015 intergovernmental process on civil society access

Two informal meetings have been convened by the co-facilitators of the post-2015 intergovernmental process during which there have been discussions on civil society access to the negotiations that will start early in 2015, probably in February.

In their letter to the co-facilitators, Ambassadors Macharia Kamau and David Donoghue, the Major Groups, in addition to congratulating them on their appointments, have pointed out the calls in outcome document for the UN General Assembly Special Event and the resolution on the organization of the UN Summit for the involvement of civil society in the process leading up to the Summit in September 2015. While civil society participation is set out for the Summit itself, it has yet to be defined for the process in the interim. 

The Major Groups urge that participation would at least be comparable to that in the sessions of the Open Working Group.

Urgent action!

Please write to your own national governments to Ministries including the Foreign Ministry, and also to the Permanent Representative (Ambassador) at the United Nations in New York, referring to the letter and pointing out the importance of civil society organizations being inside the room and able to participate in the negotiations leading up to the Summit