KEY MEETINGS/OUTCOMES LEADING INTO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY ON THE REVIEW OF THE MILLENNIUM DECLARATION

14-16 September 2005, UN headquarters, New York

Version 1: Updated March 31, 2005

2005 MEETING/EVENTS / OUTCOMES
JANUARY
Ten year review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 10-14 January, Mauritius /
  • Mauritius Declaration
  • Mauritius Strategy
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin Coverage

Fighting Poverty in Fragile States, Senior Level Forum on Development Effectiveness in Fragile States, 13-14 January, London /
  • Chair's Summary for the Senior Level Forum on Development Effectiveness in Fragile States
  • Meeting website

World Conference on the Reduction of Natural Disasters, 18-22 January, Japan, /
  • Hyogo Declaration
  • Building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters: Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
  • Common statement on the Special Session on the Indian Ocean Disaster: Risk Reduction for a Safer Future
  • Review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage

UN Millennium Project report: Investing in Development; A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, launched 17 January /
  • Investing in Development; A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
  • UN Millennium Project

FEBRUARY
Forum on Partnerships for More Effective Development Co-operation, 1-2 February, Paris /
  • Joint Chair's Statement

G7 Finance Ministers, 4-5 February, London /
  • Statement of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
  • G7 Finance Ministers Conclusions on Development

Commission for Social Development and the Ten-year review of the World Social Summit (Copenhagen+10), 9-18 February, New York /
  • Commission for Social Development
  • Outcome of the High-level segment

EU Informal Meeting of Development Ministers, 14-15 February, Luxembourg /
  • EU Informal Meeting of Development Ministers

23rd session of the UN Environment Programme’s Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-23/GMEF), 21-25 February, Nairobi /
  • Outcome of GC-23/GMEF, including the President’s Summary of the Ministerial consultations on the MDGs
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage

The second preparatory meeting of the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), 17-25 February, Geneva, Switzerland /
  • WSIS preparatory meeting

Conclusion of negotiations on the 14th replenishment of the International Development Association, 22 February /
  • Chair’s summary

MARCH
Paris2005: Second High-Level Forum on Harmonization and Alignment for Aid Effectiveness 28 Feb to 2 March, Paris /
  • Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

Development Assistance Committee (DAC) High Level Meeting, 2-3 March, Paris /
  • OECD DAC High-level meeting
  • OECD DAC

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for CSD-13, 28 February to 4 March, UN headquarters, New York /
  • Chair’s Summary
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage

49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women and the ten-year review of the Beijing Women’s Conference, 28 February to 11 March, New York /
  • 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
  • CSW Ministerial Declaration

Commission for Africa report: Our Common Interest launched, 11 March /
  • Our Common Interest
  • Commissioners Declaration
  • Commission for Africa

DESA Development Forum, 14-15 March, UN headquarters, New York /
  • DESA Development Forum
  • IISD’s Millennium Review Meeting Bulletin coverage

The Ministerial Meeting on Forests and the seventeenth session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Forestry, 14-19 March, FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy /
  • Committee on Forestry
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage

ECOSOC 2005 Preparatory meeting, 16-17 March, UN headquarters, New York /
  • ECOSOC 2005 Preparatory Meeting
  • IISD’s Millennium Review Meeting Bulletin Coverage

UNCTAD Commission on Trade, 14-18 March, Geneva /
  • UNCTAD Commission on Trade

Secretary-General’s comprehensive report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration: In Larger Freedom, towards development, security and human rights for all, launched, 21 March /
  • In Larger Freedom website
  • Full report

G8 Environment and Development Ministers Meeting, 17-18 March, Derbyshire, UK /
  • Summary of Proceedings – Energy and Environment Ministerial Roundtable London, 15-16 March 2005

11th session of the Intergovernmental follow-up and Coordination Committee on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries, 21-23 march, Havana, Cuba /
  • 11th session of the Intergovernmental follow-up and Coordination Committee on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries

EU Council meeting, 22-23 march, Brussels, Belgium /
  • EU Council Meeting
  • Council Conclusions

Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development 2005
24-29 March, Seoul /
  • Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development 2005
  • IISD Reporting Services coverage

APRIL
112th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, 3-8 April 2005, Manila, the Philippines /
  • IPU Assembly

38th Session of the Commission on Population and Development, 4-8 April 2005, UN headquarters in New York. /
  • Commission on Population and Development

UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination Spring 2005 Session and 9th Session of the CEB’s High Level Committee on Management: 4-5, 8-9 April 2005, in Geneva, Switzerland /
  • Chief Executive’s Board

20th session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT, 4-8 April, Nairobi /
  • UN-HABITAT Governing Council
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage

High-Level Forum on the Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Knowledge Society, 8 April, Trieste, Italy /
  • High-Level Forum on the Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Knowledge Society

13th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13), 11-22 April, New York /
  • CSD-13
  • Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage

IMF/World Bank Spring meeting, 16-17 April, Washington DC /
  • IMF/World Bank Spring meeting

The 9th session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, 16-21 April, Bamako, Mali /
  • ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

ECOSOC Special High-Level Meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions and WTO, 18 April, New York /
  • ECOSOC BWI Dialogue

EU External relations and Development Cooperation Minister’s meeting on MDGs, including presentation of EU Commission Communication on EU Work Plan for the MDGs 2005-2010 /
  • EU Development
  • EU Development Ministers Meeting

High-Level Meeting on the "Role of International, Regional and Sub-regional Organizations for the Implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 29-31 March 2005 /
  • Almaty meeting

MAY
OECD Forum and Ministerial Summit, 2-3 May, Paris /
  • OECD Forum 2005 and OECD Ministerial Summit

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 16-27 May, UN headquarters, New York /
  • Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues

Eight session of the Commission on Science and Technology, 23-27 May, Geneva /
  • Commission on Science and Technology

JUNE
High-level meeting to review the progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the declaration of commitment on HIV/AIDS, 2 June 2005, UN headquarters, New York. /
  • UNAIDS

G-77/China Second South Summit, 12-16 June, Doha /
  • Second South Summit

Financing for Development High-level Dialogue, 27-28 June 2005, UN headquarters, New York /
  • High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development

Civil society hearings on the GA High-level plenary, 24-25 June, UN Headquarters, New York /
  • UNGLS

JULY
2005 ECOSOC High-Level Segment and Substantive Session: The ECOSOC High-level Segment will convene from 29 June to 1 July 2005, at UN headquarters in New York, Coordination Segment (5-7 July); Operational Activities Segment (8-12 July); Humanitarian Affairs (13-18 July); General Segment (18-25 July); and conclusion (26-27 July). /
  • ECOSOC 2005

G8 Summit, 6-8 July, Gleneagles, Scotland /
  • G8 Summit

SEPTEMBER
Helsinki Conference, 7-9 September, Helsinki, Finland /
  • Helsinki Conference 2005

58th Annual DPI/NGO conference, 7-9 September 2005, in New York /
  • DPI/NGO Conference

Launch of the 2005 Human Development report: Reshaping international co-operation: aid, trade and security in an unequal world, 8 September /
  • Human Development reports

17th Annual Meeting of Senior Officials of the Group of 77, and 29th Annual Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77, September, New York /
  • Group of 77 and China

Opening of the General Assembly’s 60th Session, 13 September, UN headquarters, New York /
  • GA-60 High-level plenary

High-level plenary on the review of the Millennium Declaration, 14-16 September, UN headquarters, New York /
  • GA-60 High-level plenary