5th Session of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Follow-Up and Review)

In September 2000, world leaders at the Millennium Summit called for a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty in the Millennium Declaration, following which the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were elaborated based on consultations among representatives of international institutions. The United Nations Secretary-General presented what are now called the MDGs to the UN General Assembly in 2001, at which point UN member states recommended that they should be used as a guide to implement the Millennium Declaration, with deadlines for accomplishing the goals set for 2015.

The United Nations is now making preparations for what will succeed the MDGs, referred to broadly as the “post-2015 development agenda.” This new, global agenda is currently anticipated to comprise four elements: an introductory declaration; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), targets, and indicators; means of implementation (MOI) and a new Global Partnership; and a framework for follow up and review of implementation.

Resolution 69/244, adopted on 29 December 2014, called for the UN Summit on the Post-2015 Development Agenda to take place from 25-27 September 2015, at UN Headquarters in New York. The process of intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda, which will is preparing for the UN Summit, began with a stocktaking session on 19-21 January 2015. The second session (17-20 February 2015) focused on the declaration; the third session (23-27 March) discussed the SDGs, targets and indicators; and the fourth session (21-24 April) examined means of implementation and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development. The 5th Session will discuss follow up and review. Intergovernmental negotiations on the outcome will take place at the final sessions from 22-25 June, 21-24 July, and 27-31 July.