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United Nations Year in Review: Looking back at major events of 2013

SIXTH UN OWG SESSION REPORT - 09-13 Dec 2013

Concluding Remarks of the Co-Chair Dec 13

Dec 09 | S1 | 01 | 02 | Financing
Dec 10 | S2 | 03 | 04 | Global partnership
Dec 11 | S3 | 05 | 06 | Needs of countries
Dec 12 | S4 | 07 | 08 | Needs of countries
Dec 13 | S5 | 09 | 10 | Human rights, global governance

Side Events list | Documents |
Some events on Ustream.tv, channel: SDG OWG Hearings

The OWG is co-chaired by Mr. Csaba Kõrösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary, and Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya.

SAVE THE DATE:16 December, 2013 -10 January, 2014: Global E-Consultation on Feedback to the Open Working Group TST Issues Brief on “Promoting Equality, including Social Equity”. More ...

S1 - Monday, Dec. 9, 2013: Stakeholders, OWG on Sustainable Development Goals

Convened by the Co-chairs, with representatives of major groups and other stakeholders.

Presentations by:
1. Silvia Ribiero, ETC Group, Women’s Major Group .pdf 1, .pdf 2
2. Gisbert Glaser, ICSU, Scientific and Technological Community Major Group

Interventions from:
1. Placeholder, Business & Industry Major Group
2. Roberto Mukaro Borrero, IITC, Indigenous Peoples Major Group
3. Placeholder, Children and Youth Major Group
4. Yunus Arikan, ICLEI, Local authorities Major Group

Adds from Jessie Henshaw: The Ideal Model, a new architecture for a new capitalism and The mismatch between measured impacts and responsibilities.

01 - Opening remarks by the Co-Chairs

Keynote addresses Mr. Erik Solheim, Chair, Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) .pdf

Mr. Martin Khor, Executive Director, South Centre General interactive exchange of views on Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building)

interactive:
- Fiji - G77 and China
- Benin - Least developed countries
- European Union statement
- Gambia - Africa, ref G77 and China
- Nauru - SIS, ref Least developed countries
- Saudi Arabia - Arab Groep
- Slovenia and Montenegro, ref. EU

02 - OWG on SDG's - 9 Dec 2013

Briefing by the Co-Chairs of Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing

Panel followed by an Interactive exchange of views on “Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building)

Panellists
Professor Keith Maskus, University of Colorado, .pdf
Professsor Ambuj Sagar, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Commons 32:25
Full document,
Intersessional,
On side event,
To OWG Nov.

S2 - Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013: Stakeholders, OWG on SDG's - Global Partnerships for Achieving Sustainable Development

Presentations by:
1. Jean Saldanha, CIDSE
2. Jacob Scherr, NRDC, NGO MGs
Interventions from:
1. Bhumika Muchala TWN, Women Major groups
2. Tarcila River Zea, CHIRAPAQ
3. Roberto Bissio, Social Watch, Finance and Trade Issues Cluster
4. Placeholder, NGO Major Groups Common Cluster
5. Aliye Celik, UCLG, Local authorities MGs

Dear Emile,

I was a speaker yesterday morning. I was amazed that for the first time the Co-Chairs of the Open Working Group responded to our concern and understood what we said: the global commons actually is: a form managed by people and also the need to live in harmony with the Planet. And that has been forgotten so far in th governmental meetings.

I wonder could you send out a mailing from Members of the Major Group Commons Cluster. Just put it that way since we can never say we represent the Cluster as a whole. This one on Partnerships should go out today if at all possible. Otherwise if you could send it out as soon as you can get to it. I shall send the letter as attachment to preserve their formatting.

Dear Emile, Thanks so very much,

Love to you and Letta,

Lisinka

03 - Continuation and conclusion of the interactive exchange of views on “Means of implementation (science and technology, knowledge-sharing and capacity building)”

Global Partnerships for Achieving Sustainable Development

Paul Polman:
Intro 3:40
Speach 4:40-26:10
Q&A1 53:50-1:08:00
Q&A2 1:18:50-1:26:00
Q&A3 1:37:50-1:53:50
Q&A4 1:58:35-2:07:50
Q&A5 2:20:40-2:30:40
Q&A6 2:34:50-2:38:10
Q&A7 2:41:20-2:43:20
Co-Chair 2:44:00

04 - Interactive exchange of views on “Global partnership for achieving sustainable development”

Keynotes:
Mr. Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever

Ms. Gargee Ghosh, Director of Development Policy and Finance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Add: IFC - The Power of Partnerships

S3 - Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013: Needs of Countries in Special Situations, African countries, LDCs, LLDCs, SIDS, specific challenges facing the middle-income countries, and the right to development

Presentations by:
1. Arjun Karki, LDC Watch (Nepal) NGO Major Group
2. Carmen Barroso, IPPF WH (Brazil), Women’s Major group

Interventions from:
1. Igor Rounov, International Road Transport Union, (Russia), Business and Industry
Major Group
2. Nebila Abdulmelik, FEMNET (Pan Africa), Women’s Major Group
3. Nurgul Dzanaeva, Forum of Women (Kyrgystan), Women’s Major Group
4. Surayo Saidova, Northern Tajikistan, Women Major Group
5. Virisila Buadromo, Fiji Women’s Rights M

05 - General interactive exchange of views on “Needs of countries in special situations, African countries, LDCs,
LLDCs, and SIDs as well as specific challenges facing the middle income countries”.

Keynotes:
Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa

Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, World Bank Group President’s Special Envoy on MDGs and Financial Development, .pdf

06 - Panel followed by interactive exchange of views on “Needs of countries in special situations, African countries, LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDs as well as specific challenges
facing the middleincome countries”.

Panellist:
Dr. Patrick Guillaum, .pdf

 
The Road Ahead, Human Rights Day 2013 - 20 Years Working For Your Rights

In this video the UN Human Rights Office highlights some of the historic human rights events of the past 20 years, successes, challenges and looking forward at the road ahead - for human rights.

20th anniversary of the UN Human Rights Office.

S4 - Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013: Human Rights - Co-chairs' meeting with representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders.

Presentations by:
1. Jakub Skrzypczyk, Youth Coalition, Children and Youth Major Group
2. Savi Bisnath, Centre for Women’s Global Leadership, Women’s Major Group

Interventions from:
1. Tarcila Rivera, IPS
2. Nerea Craviotto, AWID
3. James Kintu, World Vision
4. Marisa Viana, RESURJ
5. Maria Graciela Cuervo, ICAE

Rob Weeler:
a - Draft SDG on Earth Systems 3
b - Legal basis for managing our use of the Earth System1
c - Summary SDG on Earth Heritage1
d - Wheeler_Planetary Boundaries Presentation

Emile van Essen:
e - Ten Commons Sustainability Human Rights - 2012 Living In Harmony With Nature - (Proposal by Emile van Essen) on http://globalhumancommons.org.

Panellists:
Mr. Selwin Hart, Caribbean Development Bank, .pdf

Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, .pdf

Interventions from:
1. Celine Paramundayil, Medical Mission Sisters and NGO FFD, Finance and Trade
Cluster
2. Paola Simonetti, ITUC, Worker and Trade Unions Major Group
3. Rebecca Reingold, IPPF/WHR, Women’s Major Group
4. Nicole Cardinal, Save the Children, NGO Major Group
5. Marcos Orellana, CIEL
6. Kairangi Samuela, Punanga Tauturu (Cook Islands), Women’s Major Group

09 - Continuation and conclusion of the interactive exchange on “Human rights, the right to development, global governance”.

Keynotes:
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, Director, Copenhagen Consensus Center General interactive exchange of views on “Human rights, the right to development, global governance”

Summary of the discussions

Concluding remarks by the Co-Chairs