Modalities, Format and Organization of the High-Level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs

A/RES/62/242View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 64a New Partnership for Africa's Development : progress in implementation and international support, published in 2008.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2008

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2008	A/63/130	Africa's Development needs state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward : report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/62/242

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Africa Bretton Woods Institutions Civil Society Conferences Consultations Coordination Within UN System Development Assistance Development Projects Non-Governmental Organizations Partnership Private Sector Programme Implementation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Decides that the high-level meeting will be held on 22 September 2008, prior to the general debate of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly;

Decides also that the meeting will be held at the highest possible political level, with the participation of Heads of State or Government, ministers, special representatives and other representatives, as appropriate;

Decides further that the meeting will be composed of an opening plenary meeting, followed by two high-level round tables in the morning and two high-level round tables in the afternoon, which will address the overall theme of the meeting, and a closing plenary meeting;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to finalize the organizational arrangements for the meeting;

Decides that the meeting will result in a political declaration on Africa’s development needs;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to produce a concise draft text, in consultation with Member States and based on their inputs, and convene informal consultations on the initial draft text at an appropriate date to enable sufficient discussion;

Strongly urges all Member States to actively participate in the meeting;

Decides that the preparations for the meeting will be conducted in close consultations between the United Nations and the African Union;

Invites the Holy See, in its capacity as observer State, and Palestine, in its capacity as observer, to participate in the meeting;

Decides that the President of the General Assembly will consult with representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations and the private sector, and with Member States, as appropriate, on the list of representatives of non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector that may participate in the round tables of the meeting;

Decides also that the meeting will be chaired by the President of the General Assembly;

Invites intergovernmental organizations and entities that have observer status with the General Assembly to participate in the meeting;

Invites heads of the United Nations funds, programmes and agencies to participate in the meeting, in consultation with the President of the General Assembly;

Invites the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization, the regional development banks, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and development partners to participate in the meeting;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the meeting a comprehensive report, with recommendations, on “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward” in cooperation with relevant development agencies of the United Nations, the Bretton Woods institutions and other relevant regional and international financial and trade institutions.

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