High-level Events

• MDGs
• Biodiversity
• Small island developing States (SIDS)
• HIV/AIDS
• Youth

Other Main Issues

• Sustainable Development
• Security Council Reform
• GA Revitalization
• Human Rights Council Review
• Review of the GA Res 61/16
• Peacebuilding Commission Review

Preparations for 66th Session High-level Events

• Non-communicable Diseases
• Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought
• Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Background

The General Assembly will convene a high-level meeting on the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action on 22 September 2011 in New York.

Resources

• High-level Meeting Website
  

Documents

• A/RES/65/240
• A/RES/61/149
• A/RES/62/220
• A/RES/62/143

Letters

• Letter dated 22 July to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting a note on the organizational aspects of the high-level meetings in September.
• Letter dated 19 July to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the Co-Facilitators' draft political declaration for the 10th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and convening an informal meeting (28 July).
• Co-facilitators' letter dated on 20 June 2011
• Co-facilitators' letter dated on 3 June 2011
• Co-facilitators' letter dated on 27 May 2011
• Co-facilitators' letter dated on 13 May 2011
• Co-facilitators' letter dated on 29 March 2011

Contact Information

• Office of the President of the General Assembly: Ms. Natalie Kohli <kohlin@un.org>, Senior Advisor for the Human Rights Council Review and Third Committee