Addis Ababa Action Agenda endorsed by General Assembly

The outcome of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3), the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) has been endorsed by the UN General Asselmby. Delegates in a plenary session adopted resolution A/69/L.82 tenitled ‘Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development,' which includes the AAAA as an annex.

In the resolution, the UNGA recalls its resolution 68/204 on the follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development, in which it decided to convene FfD3, as well as resolutions 68/279 and 69/278 on the modalities for FfD3; endorses the AAAA adopted by the Conference; and expresses its “profound gratitude” to the Government and people of Ethiopia for hosting FfD3 and for providing support.

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations 20-31 July, no 14: Group positions on goals and targets

As can be seen from the letter from the Co-facilitators, accompanying the revised draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, they are discouraging general statements and keeping the “focus firmly fixed on textual work and on finalization of the draft document.” They also hope that group arrangements can be used to articulate the views of Member States on the draft. 

There are still divergences in the positions taken by the various groups and with this in mind, we feel it is important that advocates are aware of the groups positions last week. We have already posted those on the preamble and declaration (See: Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 8 Opening statements from G77 and China, regional and other groups). Below we are including those given during the opening of the discussion on the goals and targets:...

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 13: Urgent: Post-2015 Revised draft outcome document now posted

A revised draft outcome document has been circulated by the co-facilitators together with  a letter describing th eprocess for the coming week. They are  available on the Sustainable development website.

Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 12: negative statement on sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda

During the discussions on the preamble and declaration, as can be seen in our posting No 9 (ADD LINK) many Member States made strong statements calling for the inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights. The statement below was made by Nigeria and is fully reported for reference purposes. It is interesting to note that in making this statement, Nigeria neither aligned itself with either the Group of 77 and China, nor with the Africa Group.

Usman Sarki, Deputy Permanent Representative for Nigeria thanked the Co-facilitator and started off by congratulating all delegates, Member States and civil society organizations and other stakeholders on the important achievement that they registered of the adoption of the Addis Ababa outcome on FfD. It was a historic landmark and a historic achievement that they should build on in discussing the post-2015...

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Post-2015: Special Accreditation for non-ECOSOC accredited NGOs now open for the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda

We have received the following information ab out accreditation for the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda from DESA:

Dear All,

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 69/244 of 29 December 2014, the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda will be held from 25 to 27 September 2015, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. More information can be found here: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/summit

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 11: CSO statement “A Vision for Urgent Action on health, education and development”

This statement was also  delivered by Marianne Haslegrave, Commonwealth Medical Trust on Tuesday 21 July 2015

Thank you Co-facilitator,

I speak on behalf of civil society working on education, and the “Health in the Post-2015 NGO Coalition.”

Education and health for all are critical factors to fulfill the entire SDG agenda.

The Declaration should explicitly state that all governments will work towards achieving the full set of goals and targets. This requires specific and time-bound actions and not -- as now weakly worded for non-communicable diseases, “ to devoting greater efforts”...

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No10: CSO statement on gender equality, women’s rights and human rights

The following statement was delivered by Rineke van Dam of Rutgers WPF on the Declaration on Tuesday 21 July 2015

I’d like to highlight the consistent support from governments, UN agencies, and CSO colleagues from around the world, who agree that gender equality, women’s rights and human rights are essential to achieve sustainable development, and must cross-cut the post-2015 agenda. We wear purple today to highlight these concerns and invite you all to join our colour campaign the rest of the week...

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Post-215 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 9: Comments on issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights on the preamble and declaration

(based on information compiled by Rineke van Dam, Rutgers and Ida Klockmann, Sex og Samfund, Denmark) 

Below is a brief summary of the comments from nearly all Member States on sexual and reproductive health and rights and related issues. These form the basis for an understanding of the positions they might take during the negotiations next week...

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 8 Opening statements from G77 and China, regional and other groups

South Africa speaking on behalf of G77 and China said that a month ago delegates felt that the document was credible and that they also welcome this draft in bringing them closer to the final agreements. Many of the concerns have been taken on board and they hope that the text can be refined. The agenda is a continuation of the work on the MDGs and addresses unfinished business, against a backdrop of Rio+20. It can also stand on its own, as well as alongside the outcome of FfD. The post-2015 development agenda is based on the three dimensions of sustainable development. The preamble is an improvement but requires more work and should be consistent with the declaration...

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Post-2015 development agenda intergovernmental negotiations, 20-31 July, No 7 Opening statements from Co-facilitators

Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Co-facilitator, opening the seventh session, stressed that the intergovernmental negotiations were now down to the last 10 days of a long two-step process, based on the work done over the past two or more years since the Rio conference. He extended congratulations to the Co-facilitators from Guyana and Norway on the FfD, also recognizing the work of the President of the General Assembly and their hosts in Addis Ababa. He also recognized the support and enthusiasm of the Major Groups, civil society etc that ensured the outcome being as close to the ambition as possible. It had been important to complete FfD process for this post-2015 process and he thanked the Second Committee experts who had worked so hard...

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