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11th Session of
the Commission on Sustainable Development
UN
Headquarters, New York, 28 April - 9 May 2003
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CSD11 Highlights,
Friday, May 2nd
On Friday morning, participants
met to hear Major Groups' comments on the Chair's draft decision. A
number of speakers praised the draft as providing a good basis for a
final outcome. |
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Official Session
Comments by Major Groups on the Chairman's Draft(s)
Left to Right: JoAnne DiSano, CSD Chair Valli Moosa and Zehra Aydin-Sipos
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 Business and Industry
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YOUTH emphasized that CSD
initiatives, such as learning centers, should not substitute for full
Major Groups participation. On the multi-year programme of work,
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY noted the difficulty of selecting cross-cutting
issues, and suggested designating the chapter headings of the JPOI, so
as to reflect all key issues. She also said the cross-cutting issues
need to be more clearly linked to the key theme selected for each work
cycle. WOMEN supported a gender focal point within the CSD and, with
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, NGOs and YOUTH, called for inclusion of peace,
human rights and education as cross-cutting themes.YOUTH further
identified corporate accountability as an important cross-cutting
issue. NGOs said the themes of unsustainable consumption and
production, and protecting the natural resource base, should not be
overlooked. In addition to consideration of Africa, SIDS and LDCs, he
called for a focus on "large consumer countries." |
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On enhancing the contribution of Major Groups and other
constituencies, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, supported by others, proposed that
this section of the draft be strengthened. TRADE UNIONS urged support
for training, and said countries should include union representatives
in their delegations. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE called for financial
mechanisms to ensure enhanced Major Groups' participation, and
appealed for consideration of the elderly population. The SCIENTIFIC
AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMMUNITY stressed that science, technology and
education are essential tools for sustainable development policy
making and implementation, and supported involving educators
"regularly and fully" in the CSD's work. He supported the contribution
of relevant scientists, including those covering the social, economic
and environmental sectors. |
Farmers
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FARMERS proposed that the
decision should approve a role for Major Groups in monitoring and
reviewing implementation of the JPOI, as this would motivate more
active participation in the CSD process. On the CSD's role as a focal
point for partnerships, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY suggested adding text
that would provide a more specific reference to partnerships. She
proposed that the CSD play a broad role that focuses not only on
monitoring, but also on capacity building, leveraging support for new
partnerships, and exchanging lessons learned. YOUTH stressed that
partnerships are not substitutes for government commitments, and NGOs
called for a framework for screening and monitoring partnerships,
stressing the need for mandatory reporting with independent
evaluation.
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NGOs |
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On the preamble to the draft
decision, which will be presented to delegates during the second
week of CSD-11, NGOs stressed the need for references to
rights-based approaches and gender equality as fundamental to
sustainable development, and an emphasis on policy coherence,
particularly with the trade agenda. Highlighting that there is
little implementation without local action, LOCAL AUTHORITIES,
supported by several other speakers, proposed inserting the phrase
"including at the local level" whenever the words "at all levels"
are used in the text - a formulation used in the JPOI. |
Partnerships Fair
Partnerships for Small Island Development States-organized by UNDESA;
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Coral Pasisi of SPREP (in photo below,
on left) overviewed the 14 Pacific Type II Umbrella Initiatives, which includes
partnerships related to capacity building, energy, land resources, adaptation,
tourism, governance, vulnerability and disaster management, health, information
and communication technology, water, conservation, ocean, community development
and waste management. For more information, visit
http://www.pacificwssd.org.
UNIDO
Initiative on Technology Transfer: Assessing Needs, Promoting Action
(organized by UNIDO) Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl (photo immediate
right) introduced the draft report on WSSD Partnerships on Technology
Transfer. For more information, visit:
http://www.unido.org
The partnership for an African Regional
Center for Infectious Diseases was presented by Alfredo Guillet,
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in photo on far right) |
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