Post-2015 development agenda session on follow-up and review, 18-22 May – No 5: intergovernmental negotiations session opens on Monday

The final intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) session, before the negotiations themselves begin, opens on Monday.  

The first three days of the meeting will focus specifically on follow-up and review, based on the discussion paper already circulated. For further background on the follow-up and review and the positions taken by some of the Member States in the Stock-take session see attached paper prepared by Commat.

There will also be a session on the revised paper from the Co-facilitators on the targets. This will provide an opportunity to see if agreement can be reached on resolving the ‘x’s and those targets that are below internationally agreed standards. Also to be considered is whether the issue of “assistance to those affected by humanitarian emergencies” can be added, without opening up the goals and targets. 

For those unable to attend the meeting, the sessions will be web-cast.