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IN THE CORRIDORS

Many did not realize that Co-Chair Osborn’s 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.