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Fourth Session of the Open Working Group (OWG) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
17-19 June 2013 | UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
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Highlights for Monday, 17 June 2013
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The fourth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals convened on Monday, 17 June 2013, at UN Headquarters in New York. The two issue clusters for discussion at this meeting are employment and decent work for all, social protection, youth, education and culture; and health and population dynamics. In the morning, Homi Kharas, Brookings Institution and lead author and Executive Secretary for UN High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP), presented the Panel’s report. Greg Vines, Deputy Director-General, International Labour Organisation, presented the keynote address on employment and decent work for all. Following introduction of the three UN Technical Support Team Issues Briefs on Employment and Decent Work, Social Protection, and Education and Culture, delegates had an opportunity to comment.
In the afternoon, there were panel presentations followed by interactive exchange of views on “Employment and decent work for all, social protection, youth, education and culture”. Panelists included: Dr. Haroon Bhorat, University of Cape Town, Dr. Karen Mundy, University of Toronto, and Mr. Fernando Filgueira, Consultant, former Collaborating Researcher for United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).
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Daily web highlights
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Session resources
Session website
Draft programme of work
Guiding questions for the Fourth session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs
TST Issues Brief: Education and Culture
TST Issues Brief: Employment and Decent Work
TST Issues Brief: Health and Sustainable Development
TST Issues Brief: Population Dynamics
TST Issues Brief: Social Protection
Website for the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (HLP)
Report of the HLP: A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development
General information on SDGs
Sustainable development knowledge platform website
Website of the Third session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 22-24 May 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
Website of the Second session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 17-19 April 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
Website of the First session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 14-15 March 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
IISD RS resources
Post-2015 Development Agenda Meeting Reporting
IISD RS summary report of the Arab Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes, 29-30 May 2013, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary and analysis of the Third session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 22-24 May 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS briefing note of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Integration Meeting on Achieving Sustainable Development – “Integrating the Social, Economic and Environmental Dimensions”, 13 May 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the Asia and Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes, 22-24 April 2013, Bangkok, Thailand (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the Second session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 17-19 April 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the First session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 14-15 March 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century and Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20, 5-6 and 7-9 of March 2013, Bogotá, Colombia
IISD RS summary report of the Eighth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-8) and Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (Africa-RIM) in preparation for the Twentieth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable (CSD-20), 19-21 November 2012, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of Rio+20: Third PrepCom and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings
SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
SDG - A mailing list focused on internationally-relevant activities related to setting the post-2015 development agenda
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Post-2015 Development Agenda Activities
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news |
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