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Sixth Session of the Open Working Group (OWG) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

9-13 December 2013 | UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

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Highlights for Monday, 9 December 2013
Opening the sixth session of the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Monday morning, 9 December 2013, OWG Co-Chair Macharia Kamau, Kenya, welcomed the outcome of the recent meeting in Bali, Indonesia, of the Doha Round under the World Trade Organization. Co-Chair Csaba Kőrösi, Hungary, described the parallel work of Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICSDF). Kamau gave a brief overview of the “long pipeline of work” on the post-2015 development agenda between now and 2015, and clarified that the report on SDGs will be synthesized with other relevant reports, and presented by the Secretary-General to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 2014. The work of the OWG will continue to be on SDGs, he stressed, and will focus on issues and targets around which to mobilize the means to achieve goals.

The OWG proceeded to hear statements from experts on the OWG 6 agenda items, from the Co-Chair of the ICSDF, and from representatives of government coalitions, the OWG member groups, and Major Groups. Erik Solheim, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee, said official development assistance (ODA) needs reform to account for the role of Middle Income Countries (MICs) and the need to better direct money. To this end, he said OECD is considering: reform of the concept of ODA, which currently “disincentivizes success;” widening the concept of financial flows for development; and measuring impact, not only effort. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), said sharing scientific knowledge bridges cultures and promotes peace. Heuer proposed SDG targets for global and national investment in science, research and development (R&D), and STEM education. Martin Khor, Executive Director, South Centre, recommended that means of implementation (MOI) be included in each SDG and a separate chapter. He suggested: capacity building on using flexibilities within TRIPS agreements; creating a global “pool” to increase access to environmentally sound technologies; assessing a technology before developing and transferring it; and a recommendation from the OWG to establish a technology facilitation mechanism. Pertti Majanen, Finland, Co-Chair of the ICSDF, said the OWG and the Committee are “sister processes,” and outlined areas of growing consensus among the Committee’s experts, including: forming a comprehensive and integrated financing strategy; guaranteeing financing is available to achieve the MDGs; the need to find innovative means to finance the SDGs; and looking into the financing of larger environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, and desertification. He stressed the urgency of eradicating poverty and addressing environmental concerns.
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Rainy view of UN Headquarters in New York, venue for the session
The dais during the opening of the meeting. L-R: Erik Solheim, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee; Nikhil Seth, DSD Director; Co-Chair Csaba Kőrösi; Co-Chair Macharia Kamau; Kenji Nakano, Secretary; Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN
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Delegates from Switzerland consulting
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Delegates consulting
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View of the meeting in the Trusteeship Council Chamber
Erik Solheim, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee
Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of CERN
Martin Khor, Executive Director, South Centre
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Peter Thomson, Fiji
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Delegates from Colombia and Peru
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Paula Caballero Gómez, Colombia
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Co-Chairs Csaba Kőrösi and Macharia Kamau
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Pertti Majanen, Co-Chair, Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICSDF)
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Keith Maskus, University of Colorado, presenting on STI and participation for development
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Presentation by Ambuj Sagar, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
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View of the room from behind the dais
Side Events
Strengthening the contribution of the Private Sector in the Delivery of Sustainable Development Goals organized by Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
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STI in the context of ongoing discussions related to SDGs: Challenges and Opportunities organized by UNESCO and ICSU
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Towards a global goal on water: targets, indicators and data requirements organized by UN-Water
Funding for coverage of this event has been provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
SDC
Related Links
Session resources

*Session website and documents

*Draft programme of work

*Side events

*General information on SDGs

*Sustainable development knowledge platform website

*Website for the Fifth session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 25-27 November 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

*Website for the Fourth session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 17-19 June 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

*Website for the Third session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 22-24 May 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

*Website for the Second session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 17-19 April 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

*Website for 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 and analysis of the Fifth session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 25-27 November 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (HTML - PDF)

*IISD RS summary and analysis of the Fourth session of the UNGA’s OWG on SDGs, 17-19 June 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)

*IISD RS summary report of the Arab Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes, 29-30 May 2013, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) (English: HTML - PDF) (French: 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)

*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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