Briefing for Governments on work of the High Level Panel
On Monday 22 April the General Assembly was briefed on the work of the Secretary General’s High Level Panel (HLP) following the two previous briefings that had been given on the New York and London sessions of the HLP. The focus of this meeting was the 3rd (Monrovia) and 4th (Bali) sessions.
The Special Envoy of H E Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, spoke on the HLP meeting in Bali. It was the fourth HLP meeting and part of the process moving forward from NY, London and Monrovia. The topic for discussion in Bali discussed focused on global partnerships and means of implementation for the development agenda. He drew attention to the opportunities for consultation and outreach on the first day of their meeting to CSOs, youth, women, parliamentarians etc, followed by the meeting of the HLP on the 2nd day and the meeting with the co-chairs on the 3rd day and the Bali Communiqué.