The following information has been received from the UN-NGLS and DESA DSD on NGO stakeholder suggestions for inspirational and aspirational text / language for the Declaration section of the Post-2015 Development Agenda:
On 19 February 2015, a discussion document for the Declaration section of the Post-2015 Development Agenda was released by the co-facilitators of the post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations, Ambassador David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN, and Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN. The document is available here: http://bit.ly/p2015-declaration-discussion-document
It is composed of 15 paragraphs which outline ideas to be included in the Declaration.
UN DESA DSD and UN-NGLS invite non-governmental stakeholders to provide suggestions for inspirational and aspirational text / language for any of these paragraphs using this online form:
http://bit.ly/p2015declaration-suggest-paragraphs
You may contribute to one or more of the 15 paragraphs; you are not required to respond for all. You may introduce new topics when doing this. In addition, you may also submit up to three additional standalone paragraphs to address ideas beyond those presented in the 15 paragraphs of the discussion document.
A compilation document of all submissions with attributions will be prepared by UN-NGLS and DESA-DSD and shared online.
DEADLINE: 17 March 2015
This deadline has been guided by the Secretariat for the post-2015 negotiations.
Proposed paragraphs submitted via this form can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/p2015-declaration-paragraphs-submitted
Thank you in advance for your contributions.
UN-NGLS and DESA DSD