Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, post-adoption press conference

The UN Secretary-General was pleased to be able “to share some good news for people and our planet,” at a press conference with the Co-facilitators and others at the United Nations, following the adoption of Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. History had been made by approving a bold, ambitious and transformative sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years.

As he said the work begun by the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons, had ultimately became the most inclusive and transparent process in UN history and he thanked the Co-facilitators, Ambassadors Macharia Kamau and David Donoghue, as well as all those, including Member States, who had contributed to the making the consensus a reality. He referred specifically to civil society, who shared their vision of the world we want in developing what is truly a “We the Peoples agenda.”...

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 28: Building the consensus for adopting the Agenda and explanations of votes – Part 2 Member States positions and Co-facilitators concluding remarks

United States said they thanked the Co-facilitators for their leadership and herding skills and the work they have done and the constructive goodwill determination of outside stakeholders and are pleased to join consensus on the outcome's ambition. It reaffirms the transformative nature of the multilateral system, and is a global commitment to a different kind of future. They are giving birth to something momentous, a commitment to a different kind of future, ensuring that the birth of “any girl or any boy born today, in any place on this planet,” is an entrance into a world of hope, free of poverty, hunger, violence and discrimination, full of opportunity and prosperity, and living in harmony with the planet. His country is pleased to join this consensus and is ready to adopt the agenda.  

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 27: Building the consensus for adopting the Agenda and explanations of votes – Part 1 Group positions

Ambassador Kamau, Co-facilitator, having pointed out all the changes that had been made to the Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, finalised text for adoption (1 August) expressed the confidence of the Co-facilitators and their teams that they have a document that meets with almost if not complete universal support and they seek their concurrence for adoption. He would take some statements to get a sense of the room as to whether there was consensus...

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 26: Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with amendments (Unofficial version)

The outcome document, as adopted in the final plenary, included a number of amendments that were made during the final hours of the negotiations. These can be seen on this unofficial version of Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

A link to the official version will be posted as soon as it is available. 

Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 25: Final plenary, part 4

Ready to adopt!

According to Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Co-facilitator, this is indeed an historic moment. Before the formal adoption, however, a number of changes in the latest version of the document. These were read out by Nikhil Seth, Director of DSD. He was then thanked by Ambassador Kamau who then said that delegates had in front of them the document, in which the Co-facilitators have confidence that it has been negotiated ‘to the comma’...

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 25: Final plenary, part 3

Soon after 3.30 pm (EDT), Ambassador Kamau said to the meeting that there is “small but important matter” that will take another 30 – 40 minutes to resolve after which they will be ready to adopt the document. He asked everyone not to leave the room, but to maintain the momentum.

Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 25: Final plenary, part 2

And three targets have been tweaked:

In target 2.5 in line3 “ensure” has been changed to “promote”

In target 7.b “and land-locked developing countries” has been added after “small island developing States”

In target 15.6 “Ensure” has been changed to “promote”

Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 25: Final plenary, part 1

After intense negotiations over the weekend that resulted in the final text for adoption (1 August), and further negotiations during the morning, everyone was back in the room for the final session, at the beginning of which Ambassador Kamau announced changes in paragraphs 34, 44, 62 whilst there were no changes to paragraphs 68 and 69.

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Hot off the press — Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July. No 24: Revised outcome document (August 1)

Very early on Sunday morning the Co-facilitators released the revised draft of the outcome document (August 1).

The plenary is scheduled to resume at 11am Sunday but as was the case on Saturday, this is subject to change. 

The main issues for negotiation, as reflected in the latest revised outcome document,  are on climate change and means of implementation (MOI). These may require further negotiation. Other issues that were discussed include migration, human rights, middle income countries (MICs), "other groups" and "social groups"...

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Hot off the press — Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 23: Latest version of the outcome document, released by Co-facilitators

The latest version of the outcome document has just been made available by the Co-facilitators.

There will be a plenary meeting today, Friday, at 9 p.m. in conference 1. Conference room 2 will serve as an overflow room.

The meeting will also be webcast at webtv.un.org