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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 Wednesday, 19 June 2013
The fourth session of the Open Working Group (OWG-4) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continued on Wednesday, 19 June 2013, at UN Headquarters in New York. In the morning, delegates continued a general exchange of views on health and population dynamics. There was general consensus that the health goals under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) must be expanded under the SDGs. Possible areas for expansion, as suggested by delegates, include non-communicable diseases, access to quality basic health services and access to sexual and reproductive health education and services. On population dynamics, delegates noted the need to address aging populations, youth populations, urbanization and migration, and sexual and reproductive rights, among other issues.

In the afternoon, delegates concluded discussions and the Co-Chairs presented their summary of key points on both of the issue clusters discussed during the three-day meeting: employment and decent work for all, social protection, youth, education and culture; and health and population dynamics. The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 pm.

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L-R: Co-Chair Csaba Körösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary; David O’Connor, UN Division for Sustainable Development; and Co-Chair Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya
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Each morning at 9:00 am the Co-Chairs, delegates and the Secretariat held consultations with Major Groups, who provided their inputs into the OWG’s work.
Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, Deputy Director-General, World Health Organization
Amb. Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou, Benin
Anne-Julie Kerhuel, Adviser, Mission of the Holy See to the UN
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L-R: Amb. Robert G. Aisi, Papua New Guinea, and Margo Reminisse Deiye, Nauru
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L-R: Tishka Fraser, Bahamas, and Kereeta Whyte, Barbados
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Rasha Al-Salem, Saudi Arabia
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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


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*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)

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*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

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