Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 12:18PM The informal summary of the consultations, held on 22 October 2015 (See: Programme for CSO Consultations with the 2nd Committee) can be found here.
2030 Agenda Monday, October 26, 2015 at 4:41PM If you would like to follow the 2nd meeting of the IAEG-SDGs online, you can watch live broadcast on YouTube.
Meeting Webcast
This meeting will be broadcast online to the public. Use these links to follow the webcast:
For more information about the meeting please visit: http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/meetings/iaeg-sdgs-meeting-02
Indicators Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7:56AM According to DAWN, the Montevideo Consensus in 2012 achieved during the Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting as part of the Cairo +20 review process, is the most progressive inter-governmental agreement on SRHR. Governments and civil society have now begun to move actively towards its implementation. The statement on the “5 keys for moving from words to action” (available in English and Spanish) are part of DAWN’s contribution to this stage of the process. They will, together with their partners and colleagues, continue to be engaged actively in this very important process that can also help define new standards and methods for the implementation of the SDGs.
You are invited to follow DAWN on their website where they are increasingly making statements available in both English and Spanish, as well as on Facebook and twitter for quick updates as the process unfolds.
Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 4:38PM The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals will begin its second session in Bangkok with two new documents to guide its work.
The first document is Results of Questionnaire on Summary of Comments by IAEG Members, Including Indicator Groupings. This document contains the summary of the inputs by members of the IAEG on proposed indicators, based on three questions posed to them as to whether they support suggested modifications, additional indicator proposals, or whether they have strong concerns about the suggestions made. Based on their replies the indicators have been grouped under three colours:...
Indicators Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 6:59PM Deadline: 15 November 2015
The following letter has been received from Lotta Tahtinen, DESA-DSD
Dear Colleagues,
As you are aware, in paragraph 90. of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Member States requested the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, to prepare a report, for consideration at the current 70th session of the General Assembly in preparation for the 2016 meeting of the HLPF which outlines critical milestones towards coherent, efficient and inclusive follow-up and review at the global level...
2030 Agenda, HLPF, UNGA, UNGA 70 Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 10:55AM The informal consultations with NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC on the agenda and work of the Second Committee will take place TODAY, 22 October 2015, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Conference Room 2, at the United Nations Headquarters. Attached is the agenda for the meeting. For further information please visit: http://www.un.org/en/ga/second/70/csocons22oct.pdf.
This is a first consultation of its kind with the Second Committee, and a unique opportunity for civil society to share its distinctive perspective and concrete inputs to Member States' deliberations on the Committee's agenda and work in order to better respond to the challenges of implementing the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.
2030 Agenda Monday, October 19, 2015 at 8:01PM The IAEG websitehas been updated with the latest version of the agenda for the Bangkok meeting.
In addition the responses to the Questionnaire on Indicator Proposals, from a number of Member States, have been posted under the 'Documents' tab.
Monday, October 19, 2015 at 1:54PM As reported by IISD, the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) were major concerns for consideration in the work of the Second Committee during the 70th session of the General Assembly. There was also general consensus that the Committee should reinforce the need for a strong and meaningful outcome at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Paris, France, in December 2015. The General Debate took place from 7-9 October 2015, beginning with a keynote address and group statements...
2030 Agenda Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 9:52PM Forwarding an update from DESA-DSD:
Dear All,
Regarding the call for nominations for the 10 representatives of civil society, the private sector and the scientific community to work with the UN inter-agency task team as part of the new Technology Facilitation Mechanism, please be advised that the deadline has been extended to midnight on Sunday, 25 October.
For further information please see: Technology facilitation mechanism: nominations for 10 reps of civil society, private sector and scientific community (deadline 9 October)
2030 Agenda, STI/TFM Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 3:40PM As reported by IISD, the UN General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial) has been discussing aligning its work with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Andrej Logar (Slovenia), Second Committee Chair, in opening the session stressed the need for complementarity and for ensuring that the Committee's work is fully aligned with the "integrated vision of" the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA). He also posed questions as to whether the current structure of the Committee's agenda supports the three pillars of sustainable development; whether it covers the main aspects of the 2030 Agenda; whether sustainable development could become the framework for the agenda; and how the Committee should conduct its work in relation with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), and the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)...
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