Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20a Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, published in 2013.

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At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 22 January 2013, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President,24

recalling its resolution 66/288 of 27 July 2012, in which it endorsed the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”:

(a) Decided to establish the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, in accordance with paragraph 248 of the outcome document;

(b) Welcomed the membership of the Working Group as designated by the five United Nations regional groups and as listed in the annex to the present decision.

Membership of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals

Algeria/Egypt/Morocco/Tunisia

Ghana

Benin

Kenya

United Republic of Tanzania

Congo

Zambia/Zimbabwe

Nauru/Palau/Papua New Guinea

Bhutan/Thailand/Viet Nam

India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka

China/Indonesia/Kazakhstan

Cyprus/Singapore/United Arab Emirates

Bangladesh/Republic of Korea/Saudi Arabia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)/Japan/Nepal

Colombia/Guatemala

Bahamas/Barbados

Guyana/Haiti/Trinidad and Tobago

Mexico/Peru

Brazil/Nicaragua

Argentina/Bolivia (Plurinational State of)/Ecuador

Australia/Netherlands/United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Canada/Israel/United States ofAmerica

Denmark/Ireland/Norway

France/Germany/Switzerland

Italy/Spain/Turkey

Hungary

Belarus/Serbia

Bulgaria/Croatia

Montenegro/Slovenia

Poland/Romania

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