UNGA 70: Second Committee focuses on 2030 implementation

As reported by IIED, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the UN General Assembly's (UNGA) is focusing on issues related to the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The General Debate,7-9 October, will be followed by a discussion of the Committee's working methods on 9 October.

Ambassador Andrej Logar Slovenia, Chair of the Committee, stressed the need to define a bold and ambitious action plan forits work, in line with the 2030 Agenda. Items to be considered include: eradication of poverty; macroeconomic policy questions, to be guided by the AAAA; supporting countries in special situations; information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development;...

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Apply to speak at the Informal Consultations with NGOs on the agenda and work of the Second Committee - 22 October 2015

TO NGOS, MAJOR GROUPS & OTHER STAKEHOLDERS 

We received a briefing this afternoon on the Second Committee GA 70th Session by Irena Zubcevic, Senior SD Officer of DESA/DSD; Lotta Tahtinen, Stakeholder Engagement Programme Coordinator, and Alberto Padova, Officer in Charge of DESA/NGO Branch. The briefing was followed by an informal consultation of participating NGOs about our advocacy priorities for the Second Committee as well as for the Third and Fifth Committees. We agreed to continue meeting together on a weekly basis every Wednesday, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, while the GA Committees negotiate resolutions relevant to the 2030 Agenda through the end of December. We will circulate today's notes and venue/webex info for next Wednesday's meeting shortly.

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Submission of written statements for CSW60 is now open through CSO-Net

A message from UN Women:

The submission of written statements for the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) is now open through CSO-Net. Please find the link to the online submission and related guidelines on the CSW NGO participation website at http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation/written-and-oral-statements

The deadline for submission is 16 October 2015. Statements sent by e-mail cannot be accepted.

For more information on NGO participation in CSW60, visit: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation

For more information on CSW60, visit: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw60-2016

Extension of deadline (now 18 October) Technology facilitation mechanism: Call for nominations for 10 representatives of civil society, the private sector and the scientific community to work with the UN inter-agency task team

Forwarding an update from DESA-DSD: 

Dear All,

Please be advised that the deadline for the below 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 has been extended to midnight on Sunday, 18 October. 

For further information please see: Technology facilitation mechanism: nominations for 10 reps of civil society, private sector and scientific community (deadline 9 October)

‘Small steps in the right direction but future financing for sexual and reproductive health must be sustainable’

5th October 2015, Lima, Peru: Ahead of the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG), IPPF warns that future financing for sexual and reproductive must be prioritized by the WBG and must be sustainable. 

IPPF welcomes new data from the WBG that shows that the WBG’s spending has increased from 14 per cent in 2014 to 18 per cent of the total health portfolio allocated to reproductive health in 2015. In real terms, this is an increase from US$ 265 million in 2014 to $642 million that the WBG has invested in reproductive health in 2015. 

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Summit: ARROW intervention at interactive dialogue on Delivering on a Revitalized Global Partnership

Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) made the following intervention at the interactive dialogue on Delivering on a Revitalized Global Partnership:...

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Technology facilitation mechanism: nominations for 10 reps of civil society, private sector and scientific community (deadline 9 October)

The following is an important message from DESA-DSD: 

Dear Colleagues,

Paragraph 123 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and paragraph 70 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development decided to establish a technology facilitation mechanism in order to support the SDGs. The mechanism will be comprise of :

• A United Nations inter-agency task team on science, technology and innovation for the sustainable development goals;...

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Summit 26: 2030 Agenda: A Win for Women and Girls; Now Implementation Must Follow

Countdown 2015 Europe welcomes the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and calls upon European governments to take ambitious steps to reach the agreed goals and targets.

28 September 2015 – On 25 September, the world’s governments adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the result of a lengthy process of intergovernmental negotiations and consultations that lasted almost three years...

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Summit 25: RESURJ Agenda 2030 Analysis

The following reflections on the Agenda 2030 and the intergovernmental negotiations that led to the Post 2015 Political Declaration and outcome document are made by RESURJ and can be downloaded here. 

Summit 24: Swedish Government initiates High-Level Group in UN

The Swedish Government has taken the initiative to start a High-Level Group, which consists of nine leaders from various parts of the world, to ensure that the 17 sustainable development goals and 169 targets and the 2030 Agenda are implemented at all levels of society. 

It will work in various ways to promote exchange of experience and discussions on challenges and solutions between governments, civil society, the private sector and international organizations. The High-Level Group will also work through personal discussions with other world leaders to encourage them to contribute to far-reaching and genuine commitment to implementing the global goals and the 2030 Agenda...

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