Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for SDGs

We have received the following from DESA:

The First annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals will be held at the UN on Monday and Tuesday 6-7 June 2016. This event hosted by the President of ECOSOC is part of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism mandated in the 2030. This event aims to "provide a venue for facilitating interaction, matchmaking and the establishment of networks between relevant stakeholders and multi-stakeholder partnerships in order to identify and examine technology needs and gaps, including with regard to scientific cooperation, innovation and capacity-building, and also in order to help facilitate development, transfer and dissemination of relevant technologies for the sustainable development goals."...

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2016 HLPF: briefing by the ECOSOC President on the HLPF

We have received the following from DESA:

There will be an informal briefing by the President of ECOSOC, H.E. Mr. Oh Joon, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, on the preparations for the 2016 high-level political forum (HLPF) under the auspices of the ECOSOC and the high-level segment of ECOSOC on Thursday, 9 June, at 3 p.m. (NY time) in conference room 1. Representatives of Member States, the UN system and Major Groups and Other Stakeholders are invited to attend. The meeting will be web cast at webtv.un.org...

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Status of revised “final” draft resolution on follow-up and review of 2030 Agenda

Ambassador Ib Petersen of Denmark announced that based the negotiations by delegates who met in small groups on Friday afternoon , the co-facilitators will work on finalizing this revised text, as it has now been discussed by delegates. The delegates will not be meeting again for consultations next week. Instead the co-facilitators will circulate the final draft in a silent procedure on Monday at Noon, at the latest, with a 24 hour deadline. On Monday, the co-facilitators will inform the PGA about status and result.

Member States agreed that the HLPF themes and subset of goals will remain the same, however  goal 17 will be deleted. Instead the resolution will state in PP4 that MOI to be  reviewed annually. Member States also agreed that there will be two HLPFs under the auspices of ECOSOC and the GA in 2019.

Co-facilitators’ revised final draft of resolution on follow-up and review of 2030 Agenda

As can be seen below in the letter from DESA, the Co-facilitators have circulated a revised final draft of the resolution on follow-up and review. ‘Informal informal’ consultations will begin this afternoon at 1 pm.  While the Co-facilitators wish to complete the negotiations today, a number of areas of contention remain and so a long and protracted session is anticipated, possibly going into next week.

Please note that the text now includes the co-facilitators’ alternative proposals for the themes and sets of goals. The language on “innovative arrangements” as far as Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) are concerned has been removed, but paragraph 12 still includes the reference to...

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World Health Assembly adopts resolution on Health in 2030 Agenda

The Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted an important resolution on Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

At the time when the draft resolution on follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda is being negotiated (see: Final draft of resolution on follow up and review of 2030 Agenda available now!) this resolution provides an important contribution on sustainable development goal (SDG) 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” and other health-related targets to the work of the high-level political forum (HLPF).  Indeed it will ensure that the 2030 Agenda will be considered by the WHA at least every two years, as well as being considered by the HLPF, according to procedures currently being discussed...

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Final draft of resolution on follow-up and review of 2030 Agenda available now!

The Co-facilitators have circulated the final draft of the resolution on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level. See attached letter; draft as .pdf; draft as word document; and comparison document showing changes, based on that circulated by the Women’s Major Group. See also email below from DESA.

Consultations on the final draft of the resolution will take place today (Friday) from 3-6pm (see below). Please note that they will be informal informals and, as such, will not be webcast...

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ECOSOC President appoints Co-facilitators for negotiations on HLPF ministerial declaration

As indicated in the attached letter, the ECOSOC President has appointed H.E Ms. Gillian Bird, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, and H.E Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations, to co-facilitate the informal consultations on the ministerial declaration for the high-level political forum.

New draft of resolution on follow-up and review of 2030 Agenda to be issued today, 26 May

The ‘informal informals’ concluded consideration of the revised text of the draft resolution on review and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development on 25 May. A final version will be circulated by the Co-facilitators, Ambassadors Lois Young and Ib Petersen, today 26 May. It will be considered tomorrow 27 May, at which time it is hoped that agreement will be reached.

Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGos) were given the opportunity to comment on the draft document at the end of the session, despite objections from the Russian Federation that it is not the tradition to give the floor to MGoS...

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Civil Society: Apply to attend or speak at the President of the UN General Assembly's High-level Thematic Debate on Human Rights

UN Headquarters, New York

12-13 July 2016

1 June - Apply for civil society Selection Committee

7 June - Apply for civil society speaking roles

14 June - Apply to attend the event

The  President of the United Nations General Assembly will convene, on 12-13  July 2016, a High-level Thematic Debate (HLTD) on Human Rights. In light of the 50
th anniversary of the international human rights covenants and the process  to select and appoint the next United Nations Secretary-General, the  HLTD will be an opportunity to:...

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Revised draft for resolution on 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

The Co-facilitators have issued a revised draft for the resolution on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda at the global level.

Process for negotiations: as stated in the letter from the Co-facilitators ‘informal informals’ will be held during this coming week with the first meeting on Tuesday 24 May, from 11 am to 1 pm in Conference Room 11. There will be opportunities for representatives of Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) to take the floor, who should sign up using the following form. The deadline for signing up is Monday 23 May, 6.00 NYC time. All interventions should not exceed 2 minutes and should focus on making concrete suggestions on the revised draft circulated by the co-facilitators.

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