Zero draft for Financing for Development Addis Ababa conference

The zero draft for the Addis Ababa Accord has been released in advance of the Second drafting session of the Financing for Development Conference outcome document that will take place from 13 to 17 April. It includes paragraphs that refer to health, education and gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The Addis Ababa Accord will be an important component of the post-2015 development agenda.

Please note that Informal interactive hearings with civil society and the business sector for Financing for Development Conference will be held on 8 and 9 April. Other meetings in preparation for the Conference are included in the calendar of meetings on this website.

26-27 May 2015 UN General Assembly interactive hearings for the Post-2015 Development Agenda:

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The following information has been received from UN-NGLS:

In accordance with United Nations General Assembly resolution 69/244, the UN summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda will be held from 25 to 27 September 2015 in New York and convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. The General Assembly, in operative paragraph 10 of its resolution 69/244, "requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, with early preparations and in the most effective and efficient way, and to preside over two days of informal interactive hearings, before June 2015, with representatives of non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, major groups and the private sector, and requests the President of the Assembly to prepare a summary of the hearings to be made available prior to the summit."

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Report of the Statistical Commission – Update 3

The Statistical Commission in its draft report for its 46th session set out succinctly its role in the development of the indicators for the up-coming session of the intergovernmental negotiations on the sustainable development goals and targets. While demonstrating its willingness to provide a preliminary list of indicators as requested by the Co-facilitators, it includes a number of caveats. In addition, the Commission clearly defines it future role in the process for developing the indicators, establishing both an Inter-agency and expert group on SDG indicators (IAEG-SDG) and also a new high-level group (HLG).

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4th post-2015 negotiating session, 20-24 April: Apply for stakeholder Steering Committee and speaking roles

We have received the following information about registration for the 4th session of the post-2015 development agenda negotiations in March:

20-24 April negotiating session for the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Apply for stakeholder steering committee and speaking roles

The UN DESA Division for Sustainable Development (DESA-DSD) Major Groups Programme and UN-NGLS are facilitating stakeholder Steering Committees to ensure broad and inclusive participation of stakeholders in the negotiating sessions on the post-2015 development agenda at UN Headquarters in New York. DESA-DSD and UN-NGLS are also conducting open and transparent nomination processes for these Committees to select speakers for the post-2015 negotiating sessions, in accordance with the modalities that are defined for the negotiations. 

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Roadmap for post-2015 indicators – Update 2

The 46th session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC), held from 3-6 March, addressed data in support of the post-2015 development agenda; considered proposals contained in the report from the Group of Friends of the Chair, (see: Indicators for sustainable development goals and targets – Update 1); and made suggestions for developing a SDG indicator framework.

During the opening of the Session John Pullinger, UK National Statistician and Chair, said the Commission must “step up" by showing leadership in thinking through the world's next priorities; “step forward” toward political colleagues to “make common cause” with them; and “step on the gas” in order to embrace the opportunities of the data revolution. 

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Roundtable discussions in post-2015 development agenda hearings, 26-27 May 2015, opportunity for feedback on themes

We have received the following email from Susan Alzner, United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS):

Dear Colleagues, 

As part of the preparatory process for the September 2015 UN General Assembly Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, two full days of stakeholder hearings will be conducted on 26-27 May at UN Headquarters. These hearings will be hosted by the President of the General Assembly and the Co-Facilitators of the post-2015 development agenda negotiations, Ambassador David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN, and Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN.

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Indicators for sustainable development goals and targets – Update 1

As referred to in the previous posting, the first two days of the next session of the intergovernmental negotiations will focus on indicators for goals and targets. Given the importance of the indicators for monitoring progress in the implementation of the goals and targets, it is important to understand the process of their development. This is therefore the first of a series of updates on the indicators to be posted on the website.

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Inter-governmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda, 23 to 27 March session – programme of work now available

The programme of work has now been posted on the Post-2015 Inter-governmental Negotiations website.

The first two days of the meeting will be taken up with open discussions on indicators for goals and targets, after which an interactive dialogue with Major Groups and other Stakeholders will be held, followed by open discussions on the sustainable development goals and targets. During the final afternoon there will be a discussion on the April session on Means of implementation and global partnerships for sustainable development and coordination with the Financing for Development process. 

Youth Leadership Working Group (YLWG) writes to Post-2015 facilitators and others about human rights and needs of children and young people

The Youth Leadership Working Group has written to Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary-General; to Sam Kutesa, the President of the General Assembly; and to David Donoghue and Macharia Kamau, the Co-Facilitators; copied to Ahmad Alhedawi, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth and Amina Mohammed, Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning. 

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Suggestions for text for the Declaration component of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

The following information has been received from the UN-NGLS and DESA DSD on NGO stakeholder suggestions for inspirational and aspirational text / language for the Declaration section of the Post-2015 Development Agenda:

On 19 February 2015, a discussion document for the Declaration section of the Post-2015 Development Agenda was released by the co-facilitators of the post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations, Ambassador David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the UN, and Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the UN. The document is available here: http://bit.ly/p2015-declaration-discussion-document

It is composed of 15 paragraphs which outline ideas to be included in the Declaration.

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