Countdown to UN General Assembly Special Event, 25 September 2013 No 5

Arrangements for the UN General Assembly Special Event

Information on the arrangements for the Special event of the President of the General Assembly to follow up the efforts made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals is set out in a UN Information Note for delegations, A/INF/68/4, paras 41 – 44, together with those for other high-level meetings that are taking place at the UN between 23 September and 4 October.

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Countdown to UN General Assembly Special Event, 25 September 2013 No 4

Millennium Development Goal success: accelerating action and partnering for impact, High-level Forum, 23 September 2013

Millennium Development Goal success: accelerating action and partnering for impact is the topic for a high-level forum, hosted by the UN Secretary-General, to be held on 23 September 2013 from 10.00 to 18.00 hours, in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.

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Countdown to UN General Assembly Special Event, 25 September 2013 No 3

High-level Political Forum to support sustainable development

According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, as reported in DESA News, Heads of State and Government will now meet every four years as the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) to ensure that commitment to sustainable development remains at the highest level.

The HLPF, which was called for in the Future We Want, the outcome document of the UN Sustainable Development Conference (Rio + 20), will hold its inaugural meeting on 24 September, the day before the General Assembly Special Event. It will aim to advance sustainable development by providing political leadership and guidance and setting a focused, dynamic and action-oriented agenda and will replace the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD).

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More time needed for finalizing the Rio+20 draft outcome document -- The Future We Want

At the end of the UNCSD Informal Informal Consultations in New York, 23 April – 4 May 2011, delegations had agreed only 21 paragraphs of the draft outcome document ad referendum (pending agreement on the final text) with a further 400 remaining in brackets. With so little time remaining before the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) takes place in Rio de Janeiro on 20-22 June, a further negotiating session has been added, which will be held at UN Headquarters in New York from 29 May to 2 June.

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Rio+20: What about population dynamics and reproductive health?

The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) 'Rio+20' will take place in June this year. The conference will be an important event that is set to not only drive the sustainable development agenda, but influence the international development agenda post-2015. Yet unless the SRHR community acts soon, population dynamics and sexual and reproductive health are likely to remain off the agenda.

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ICPD Beyond 2014 Civil Society Stakeholder Group (Part 3)

ICPD and the Roadmap to Rio During the workshop a presentation was given via a video message by Ms Chantal Line Carpentier, Sustainable Development Officer & Major Groups Programme Coordinator, UNDESA, Division for Sustainable Development on the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio + 20.

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ICPD Beyond 2014 Civil Society Stakeholder Group (Part 2)

UN Development Agenda Beyond 2015/ICPD Beyond 2014 – the Global Context Gita Sen, Professor, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India, gave a presentation on the UN Development Agenda Beyond 2015/ICPD Beyond 2014 – the Global Context. She pointed out the challenge of three global process taking place simultaneously, ie Rio + 20, with its High-Level Meeting in 2012; ICPD Beyond 2014; and the 15 year review of the MDGs and what will follow them.

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ICPD Beyond 2014 Civil Society Stakeholder Group (Part 1)

UNFPA held a 2-day ICPD Beyond 2014 Civil Society Stakeholder Group Consultation in Istanbul, Turkey, on 9-10 December 2011. It provided an opportunity for some 50 representatives of Civil Society and Youth Organizations to be informed and to share information about the ICPD beyond 2014 operational review process; to discuss its component parts; and to identify thematic issues for consideration. In addition, it gave CSOs and Youth Organizations an opportunity to get feedback as to how they can be involved more effectively in the process.

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