Summit 10: Civil society speakers selected for UN Sustainable Development Summit

We are pleased to share that 24 representatives of civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations and the Major Groups have been selected to speak during the UN Sustainable Development Summit. These speakers were identified through an open, transparent and participatory process involving a civil society Selection Committee, facilitated by UN-NGLS in cooperation with UN DESA, at the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly. The civil society Selection Committee created a short-list of 80 candidates from 435 applications received, and the President of the General Assembly made the final selection of a diverse set of speakers for this historic Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda.

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Climate change and the Pacific… and the Suva Declaration

The Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality, Fiji urge organizations and individuals to share this video to show support and help Pacific Island leaders stand strong in climate negotiations now in the Pacific, in NY, Bonn and in Paris for the UNFCCC in December 2015.

(Also see the SUVA Declaration On Climate Change)

We, the Leaders of the Pacific Islands Development Forum;

1. Are gravely distressed that climate change poses irreversible loss and damage to our people, societies, livelihoods, and natural environments; creating existential threats to our very survival and other violations of human rights to entire Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS); 

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SDGs and the right to health

The Health and Human Rights Journal is running a blog series on SDGs and the right to health.

Paul Hunt, the first Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, has written an essay in which he stresses that accountability for the SDGs must be more rigorous than it was for the MDGs. He calls for an independent, formal accountability mechanism: SDGs and the Importance of Formal Independent Review: An Opportunity for Health to Lead the Way

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Special Invitation To All Children: Help to draft the 2015 Children’s Declaration for the World’s Sustainable Development Goals

Join us in the 2015 Children’s Summit on the World’s Sustainable Development Goals
20 September 2015, New York, USA

Our world is facing big problems of poverty, injustice, climate change, biodiversity loss, and lack of health, education, food and water for children. World leaders have drafted new global Sustainable Development Goals to try to protect the environment, realise human rights and promote development. They will agree on these Sustainable Development Goals at a special meeting of the United Nations in New York in September 2015.

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Summit 9: UN General Assembly agrees outcome document to adopt post-2015 agenda (Part II) – oral revision and reservations

Following our Summit 7 posting, we wish to add the following information on the adopted of the resolution to transmit the outcome document of the UN Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda), to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly for action during the Summit. 

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Summit 8: Co-chairs announced for Interactive Dialogues

In a letter dated 31 August 2015, the President of the UN General Assembly has announced the Co-chairs for the interactive dialogues. He also notes on that the dialogue on climate change has been adjusted from 26 September to 27 September 2015, at the request of the delegations of the Heads of State and Government of the Co-chairs. 

The Co-Chairs of Interactive Dialogues under the overarching theme for the dialogues "Transforming the world: realizing the post-20I5 development agenda" are: 

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Summit 7: UN General Assembly agrees outcome document to adopt post-2015 agenda (Part 1)

The UN General Assembly, at its meeting on 1 September 2015, agreed by consensus the outcome document, Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (2030 Agenda) to adopt the post-2015 development agenda.

The 2030 Agenda was welcomed by Sam Kutesa, General Assembly President as “a historic achievement” adding that “this transformative agenda will open a new chapter in development history.” He thanked Member States, Observers and all Stakeholders for their “active and constructive engagement throughout the process, ” paying special tribute to the Co-facilitators, Ambassadors David Donoghue of Ireland and Macharia Kamau of Kenya...

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Summit 6: Background papers / special studies for interactive dialogues for UN summit

The six background papers / special studies, one for each of the interactive dialogues to be held as part of the UN summit have been posted. Questions for discussion at the interactive dialogue sessions are listed below:...

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Summit 5: Arrangements for the UN summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda and the general debate of the 70th session

Important: Latest information from DESA and NGLS about registration for civil society for the Summit

DESA and NGLS have written to ask those who have registered to attend the Summit, but who are not travelling to New York for it, to inform them by close of business today, Thursday, 27 August, by completing a very short form. 

1    They wish to remind all applicants for registration:

a) Funding is not available from the UN to support your travel.  

b) The UN cannot assist with visa arrangements.

2    New information regarding access to the Summit: 

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Summit 4: follow up to post-2015 negotiations in September

The Summit, 25-27 September, at which Heads of State and Government will adopt Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, will begin ten days after the opening of the 70^th Session of the UN General Assembly. Pope Francis will deliver a statement on the morning of 25 September immediately before it opens. The Summit will include six interactive dialogues: Ending poverty and hunger; Tackling inequalities, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind; Fostering sustainable economic growth, transformation and promoting sustainable consumption and production; Protecting our planet and combating climate change; Building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions to achieve sustainable development; and Delivering on a revitalized Global Partnership. Many other side events are expected to take place , including the ‘Solutions Summit’ on 27 September.

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