Guidelines for Major Groups
on
CSD 9
April 2001
and
Preliminary information
on the Rio+10 process
This information note as well as
all other CSD related materials are available electronically at
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev.htm
The Web site contains information
on all previous CSD meetings since 1993 including official reports, background
papers, case study and success story collections, reports submitted by
Governments on their sustainable development activities, various other studies
and papers on Agenda 21 themes, as well as links to partner organizations. The
information on the site is updated frequently and we would urge all major
groups to visit the site regularly to stay current with the CSD process.
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Due to resource constraints,
this information note is available in English only. Parties interested in translating the text
into other languages are welcome to do so and need not formally obtain
permission of the CSD Secretariat.
However, we would appreciate
knowing about the translations and receiving a copy of the translated material
for our records.
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For further information, comments and inquiries
regarding Major Groups related issues, please contact:
Ms. Zehra Aydin-Sipos
Major Groups Programme
Division for Sustainable
Development
Department of Economic and
Social Affairs
Two United Nations Plaza, DC2-2262
New York, NY, 10017, USA
Telephone: 212-963-8811
Fax: 212-963-4260
E-mail: aydin@un.org
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
With this information note we
invite your organization to make a contribution to the ninth session of the Commission
on Sustainable Development (CSD) that will meet in April 2001. The note contains detailed information on the agenda of the
session, the milestone dates to keep in mind as you prepare your contributions
to the session’s work, the related inter-sessional meetings organized on the
agenda themes, and a list of useful contacts in the CSD Secretariat and in its
partner UN bodies.
The CSD is currently in its
second five-year program adopted by the Special Session of the General Assembly
to review implementation of Agenda 21 (also known as Earth Summit II) and only
one session away from the ten-year anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio
de Janeiro. The tenth session of the
CSD will act as the Preparatory Committee for Rio+10, the Summit meeting that will
take place in mid-2002. In this note,
you will find information on both the CSD9 and information that is so far
available on the Rio+10 process.
The CSD has been innovative in
generating broad-based participation in sustainable development. Its work to-date has been highly
participatory, relative to other similar bodies, and it continues to experiment
and adopt novel participatory mechanisms to increase the involvement of major
groups in sustainable development efforts at the UN and around the world.
Maintaining and enhancing the
established participatory tradition of Agenda 21 follow-up requires continued
commitment by all parties. Without your involvement the sustainable
development agenda will have limited success under the best of conditions. We hope that this information note will
provide your organization and its constituency with the starting points of how
to contribute and influence the CSD-9 and Rio+10 processes.
We look forward to working with
all of you and to facilitating your active involvement in the work ahead.
CSD Secretariat
Division for Sustainable
Development
Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (DESA)
2 United Nations Plaza, DC2-22nd
Floor
New York, NY, 10017, USA
Contents 3
Section on CSD-9
4
CSD-9 THEMES AND PROCESS MILESTONES 4
INFORMATION ON CSD-9 REPORTING PROCESS 5
List of Reports and Supplementary Materials
for CSD-9
REPORTING DEADLINES
Inputs from Major Groups
INTER-SESSIONAL MEETINGS ON THEMATIC ISSUES 7
Energy and Sustainable Development
Transportation
Information for Decision-Making and
Participation
OFFICIAL MEETINGS OF CSD-9 9
Ad Hoc Open Ended Inter-governmental
Group of Experts on Energy
Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Groups
of CSD-9
Ninth Session of the CSD
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Energy
and Transport
MAJOR GROUP PARTICIPATION 13
Section on CSD-10 14
Local and National
Activities
Regional Activities
Global Review Process and
Activities
Annex 1: Work Programme of the CSD, 1998-2002 17
Annex 2: Member States of the CSD in 2001 18
Annex 3: List of Useful Contacts 20
Annex 4: Side Event Request Form and Side Event
Guidelines 28
In April 2001 the Commission on
Sustainable Development will hold its ninth session, a two-week meeting
tentatively scheduled from 16 to 27 April 2001. This note aims to provide you with a road map
of the process leading up to the session and information how to contribute and
prepare for the session.
The Commission was created to
monitor and review the implementation of Agenda 21 and the other agreements
reached by the Earth Summit (1992, Rio de Janeiro). A stock taking exercise for
the first five years of the CSD’s work was held in June 1997 by way of the 19th
Special Session of the General Assembly. The 1997 review adopted the second
five-year programme of work for the period 1998-2002, which now guides the CSD
process. A ten-year stock taking exercise, Rio+10, will take place in 2002.
The list of members of CSD9 is
available in Annex II. CSD9 Bureau is composed of:
Chairman Professor Bedrich Moldan Czech
Republic
Vice-Chairman Ms. Alison Drayton Guyana
Vice-Chairman Professor Matia Mulumba Semakula
Kiwanuka Uganda
Vice-Chairman Mr. David Stewart Australia
Vice-Chairman (to be determined)
CSD-9 THEMES AND PROCESS MILESTONES
|
Themes of CSD-9 |
Milestone Dates |
|
Energy & Transport (Themes of the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Segment Themes) *** Atmosphere *** Information
for decision-making *** International cooperation for an |
Deadline to finalize reports: *** Second meeting of Ad Hoc Open-ended *** Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Groups of CSD-9 *** Ninth Session of the CSD |
|
Overarching issues for all CSD-sessions under the
current work programme are Poverty and Consumption Patterns. |
|
INFORMATION ON CSD-9 REPORTING PROCESS
The CSD’s deliberations are
based on reports and supplementary materials that identify the main trends and
emerging issues under the themes of a given year’s agenda. Each theme is
covered in a Secretary-General’s (SG) Report that may be supplemented by one or
more Addenda and at times by other materials such as background papers or case
studies.
The SG Reports are limited to 16
pages in length and are produced in the six official languages of the United
Nations. The Addenda to the SG reports are also of limited length and available
in languages. A number of background papers and case studies on the agenda
themes are also prepared to provide more detailed information but are available
in English only.
Preparation of the official
reports is made possible through a collaborative process that directly involves
the UN system bodies as thematic Task Managers, coordinated by the Inter-Agency
Committee on Sustainable Development (IACSD). This system of Task Managers
maximizes the use of available information and expertise of the entire United
Nations system. Annex
3
provides a detailed list of all Task managers and their CSD Secretariat Focal
Point counterparts as a way to invite you to establish direct contacts with the
Task Managers and Focal Points for exchanges of views and information and to
make inputs into the reporting process.
The preparation of the official
reports and the supplemental materials involves inputs from major group
organizations around the world to the extent that they wish to provide
information on their activities, experiences, views, and recommendations for
future action.
Major Group organizations can
either send their written inputs to the Major Groups Focal Point in the CSD
Secretariat for distribution to the relevant Task Managers or send them
directly to the appropriate Task Managers who will use the inputs that are
received on time in preparing their analytic reports for CSD. Major group
organizations are also encouraged to submit case studies about their projects
in issues and subject areas related to the CSD agenda.
List of Reports and
Supplementary Materials for CSD-9
ISSUE: ENERGY
1.
Report of the Secretary General on Energy for Sustainable
Development: Strategies and Actions
Supplemented by: Report of the second session of the Ad Hoc
Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy (February
2001). Report of the first session of
the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-governmental Group of Experts on Energy (March
2000, Document number: E/CN.17/2000/12).
Reports submitted to the first session of the Group of Experts on Energy
including the Report of the
Secretary-General on National Submissions (E/CN.17/ESD/2000/2) and Report of the Secretary General
on Energy and Sustainable Development:
Key Issues (E/CN.17/ESD/
2000/3). Report on the
first session of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development,
5-16 April 1999 (E/C.14/1999/2). Report
of the second session of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for
Development, 14-25 August 2000. A
Background paper containing case
studies on energy and sustainable development.
The World Energy Assessment.
Papers for the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Segment on
Energy and Transport: A total of 5 ‘dialogue starters’ of 16 pages
each will be prepared for the Dialogue Segment by the key stakeholder groups
and released as Background Papers 1 through 5.
Please see section on Energy and Transport Segment for more detail.
ISSUE:
TRANSPORT
2. Report of the Secretary-General on Transport for
Sustainable Development
Task Manager:
DESA
Supplemented by: Background
paper by the Global Initiative for Transport Emissions (GITE); Background paper
by the International Civil Aviation Organization on Aviation and Sustainable
Development.
Papers for the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Segment on
Energy and Transport: A total of 5 ‘dialogue starters’ of 16 pages
each will be prepared for the Dialogue Segment by the key stakeholder groups
and released as Background Papers 1 through 5.
Please see section on Energy and Transport Segment for more detail.
ISSUE:
ATMOSPHERE
3. Report of the Secretary-General on Atmosphere
Lead organization: UNEP and WMO
Supplemented by: to be
determined.
ISSUE:
INFORMATION FOR DECISION-MAKING AND PARTICIPATION
4.
Report of the Secretary-General on Information for Decision-Making and
Participation
Task Manager: DESA and UNEP
5.
Report of the Secretary-General on Implementation of the CSD Work
Program on Indicators for Sustainable Development
Supplemented by: Addendum containing Proposals for Aggregation of CSD
Indicators and Next Steps; Background paper on Frameworks and Methodologies of
CSD Indicators.
ISSUE:
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
6.
Report of the Secretary-General on International Cooperation for an
Enabling Environment
Lead Organization:
DESA
Supplemented by: to be determined
Please check our WEB site
at www.un.org/esa/sustdev regularly for more information on the reporting process.
SG Reports
Must be finalized by 1 December 2000. Written inputs from Major Group organizations need
to be submitted by no later than 15
October 2000. Earlier
submissions are encouraged.
Background papers
Major Group organizations need to submit written
inputs by no later than 1 January
2001.
The CSD Secretariat encourages and welcomes inputs from major group organizations on the topics listed above. Major Groups that wish to make an input should send it in writing (email, fax, or mail) to the Major Groups Programme Coordinator in the CSD Secretariat, or directly to the Task Managers (coordinates in Annex 3<span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Alber