High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 114 Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit, published in 2009.

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2 documents · 2009

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2009	A/RES/64/1	High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation	838	–
2009	A/RES/63/233	High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation	210	–

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17 subjects

Conferences Consultations Developing Countries Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries Intergovernmental Organizations International Financial Institutions International Organizations Least Developed Countries Non-Governmental Organizations Private Sector Regional Commissions Regional Organizations Report Preparation South-South Relations Specialized Agencies Technical Cooperation Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries

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20 operative paragraphs

Decides that the High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation:

Will be held in Nairobi from 1 to 3 December 2009;

Will be held at the highest possible level;

Will have as its overarching theme “Promotion of South-South cooperation for development”;

Will consist of plenary meetings and interactive multi-stakeholder round tables on the following sub-themes:

Strengthening the role of the United Nations system in supporting South-South and triangular cooperation;

South-South and triangular cooperation for development: complementarities, specificities, challenges and opportunities;

Will result in an intergovernmentally agreed outcome;

Will also result in summaries by the Chairperson;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive report, consistent with the overarching theme of the Conference, reviewing the trends in South-South cooperation, including triangular cooperation, reviewing also the progress made by the international community, in particular the United Nations, in supporting and promoting such cooperation and identifying new opportunities, as well as challenges and constraints and measures to overcome them;

Reaffirms the role of the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation within the United Nations Development Programme as a separate entity and a focal point for South-South cooperation within the United Nations system, and requests the Unit to continue to provide the necessary substantive and technical support to the preparatory process for the Conference;

Encourages Member States and their partners, including non-governmental organizations, to consider preparing reports on South-South and triangular cooperation for the purpose of the Conference, on a voluntary basis, taking into account the themes of the Conference and the outcomes of regional, subregional or sectoral United Nations meetings prior to the Conference;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to initiate informal consultations with all Member States, in an open, inclusive and transparent manner, commencing at an appropriate date to enable sufficient discussion, with a view to producing a draft outcome prior to the Conference, by the end of November 2009;

Invites United Nations organizations, including the specialized agencies, regional commissions and funds and programmes, to provide input to the preparations for the Conference;

Invites international and regional organizations, international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and business sector entities to participate in the Conference, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the General Assembly;

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

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to the preparatory process and the Conference;

Also requests the Secretary-General to proceed with the organizational arrangements for the Conference in cooperation with the Government of Kenya, and further requests the Secretary-General to provide a note on the organizational aspects of the Conference;

Encourages all Member States and other relevant stakeholders that are in a position to do so to consider supporting the participation of developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, including by making voluntary contributions through the United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation, in order to ensure the broadest possible participation;

Decides to postpone the sixteenth session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, which was to be held from 2 to 5 June 2009, to one convenient day in January 2010.

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