UN/GA and Post-Rio+20

During the first weeks of the 67th session of the General Assembly, many speakers emphasized the need to first look to implementng the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 before focussing on what is to take their place. At the same time, there is a necessity to quickly create, immediatly embrace and begin implementation of the new goals.
 
During a briefing for civil society with members of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, representatives were encouraged to engage in three parallel processes for setting the post-2015 development agenda: the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons; country-level consultation and thematic consultations; and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
 
The country-level consultations and thematic consultations are to be facilitated by the UN Development Group with each of the eleven thematic consultations to be co-convened by two or more UN agencies. The themes to be addressed in the global consultations are:
- governance;
- growth and employment;
- health;
- inequality;
- education;
- environmental sustainability;
-  food security and nutrition;
- conflict and fragility;
- population dynamics;
- water; and
- energy.

On October 16, a Special Event of the UN/GA's Second Committee will provide the first opportunity since Rio+20 for Member States and other participants to engage in discussions on how to develop the SDGs.
 
The Secretary-General has also developed a follow-up framework to Rio+20 by the UN System identifying follow-up actions called for in outcome document, along with the UN entity tasked with the responsibility to lead and the timeframe for delivering the outcome.