Post-2015 development agenda session on follow-up and review, 18 -22 May – No 6: Co-facilitators opening remarks
Opening the fifth session of the intergovernmental negotiations (IGN), Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Co-facilitator reminded delegates that this was the last of the ‘scripted’ sessions and hoped that it will be possible to adopt the post-2015 development agenda by the end of July.
In referring to this conversation on follow-up and review, he said that it might be ‘tricky’ insofar as some elements of the agenda have yet to be tied down, while more clarity is needed in other areas. It is necessary to think beyond the negotiations to see where things will be in 2016 and beyond up to 2030. Everything that is being discussed now would require consideration as to how the process will be unfolding from 2016 to 2030.