Post-2015 development agenda session on follow-up and review, 18-22 May – No 4: Discussion Paper on Follow-up and Review of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

The Co-facilitators have released their discussion paper on follow-up and review of the post-2015 development agenda, 12 May 2012.

This paper outlines some key elements on follow-up and review, which have emerged from the intergovernmental negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, particularly during the Stocktaking session in January. It also presents a number of questions that member states may wish to consider in preparation for the IGN session next week. The opening section relates to possible general principles for a follow-up and review framework and is followed by options for the levels at which such a framework might operate. An illustrative framework for follow-up and review is included in Annex 1.

The discussion paper draws on existing mandates laid down in, amongst others, the Rio+20 outcome document, GA resolution 67/290 on the format and organisational aspects of the High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development and the Proposal of the OWG on SDGs. It also references proposals on this subject that were included in the Synthesis Report of the Secretary-General. See Annex 2 for more details. 

Editor’s comment: It should be noted that other reporting and reviewing procedures such as those used by the Human Rights Council (the Universal Periodic Review), or for the ICPD Beyond 2014 Review are not included.