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Many did not realize that Co-Chair Osborns comments regarding DREAMS and SLUDGE were actually acronyms. The Co-Chair clarified that SLUDGE represents Slightly Less Unsustainable Development Genuflecting to the Environment. DREAMS stands for Development Reconciling Environment And Material Success. As delegates reflected on both Co-Chairs poetic excursions and their draft Proposed Outcome, NGOs sought to remind them that they have eighteen negotiating days left (four in this session and fourteen during CSD-5), following which heads of State and government will arrive in June to consider their decisions at UNGASS.