WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• Report from Fourth Preparatory Committee meeting
• 24 May 7 June 2002

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OBJECTIVES FOR PREPCOM 4

• As with PrepCom 3
• Achieve action orientated programme
• Achieve consensus on Africa chapter
• Assert economic platform
• Seek substantive commitments
• Build links between type 1 2 outcomes
• Keep balance in text between three pillars of
  sustainable development
• Push specific sectoral mandates

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SA delegation

• DGs for DEAT, DFA, Agriculture, Land Affairs,
  DWAF, DACST
• Foreign Affairs SA UN Mission
• NEPAD secretariat
• Presidents Office Youth Commission
• Departments of Provincial Local Government,
  Agriculture, Arts Culture, Education, Health,
  Minerals Energy
• JOWSCO

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SA delegation(Ministerial segment)

• Minister of Foreign Affairs (head of delegation)
• Ministers for Environmental Affairs Tourism,
  Housing, Water Affairs and Forestry, Minerals and
  Energy
• Deputy Ministers for Agriculture and Land
  Affairs, Environmental Affairs Tourism

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Organisation of prepcom

• Negotiation of position through G77
• Working groups on Chairs text
• WG1 dealt with Chapters 1 - 4
• WG2 dealt with Chapters 5 9
• WG3 dealt with governance
• Multi-stakeholder dialogue
• Dialogue on partnerships
• High Level (Ministerial) Segment
• Side events and caucuses

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Text contentious issues

• Economic platform
• G77 China inclusion of cbdr, implementation of
  Doha Monterrey, additional resources for
  implementation, access to markets, trade-related
  technical assistance
• Developed countries inclusion of precautionary
  principle, attempt to dilute gains of Doha
  Monterrey, emphasising domestic governance and
  domestic mobilisation of resources, downplaying
  ODA

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Text contentious issues

• Energy G77 (some elements) JUSCANZ diluting
  energy targets, renewables
• Water/sanitation contention around sanitation
  target, resources for implementation
• Agriculture food security contention around
  right to food
• Consumption production contention around
  application of eco-labelling/ life-cycle approach
• Biodiversity contention around actions to combat
  biodiversity loss
• Marine contention around equitable allocation of
  fishing rights to developing countries

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Text unresolved issues

• Further negotiations required on
• Inclusion of additional targets and timeframes
• Meaning of program of action
• Links between type 1 and type 2
• Key principles (cbdr precautionary)
• Finance trade (particularly relationship
  between WSSD, Doha and Monterrey)
• Governance
• Sectoral issues (climate change, renewable
  energy, living marine resources)

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Political declaration

• Bali only expected to deliver core elements
• Initial attempt to introduce draft declaration
  independently of agreement on text
• Elements discussed in Ministerial Segment
• Broad agreement that declaration should
• Be concise, inspirational
• Reiterate commitment to implementation of Agenda
  21 and Rio principles
• Emphasise multi-lateral co-operation in poverty
  eradication
• Endorse implementation plan

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Partnerships

• Partnerships relate to type 1 type 2
• Type 1 mandated by intergovernmental agreement
• Type 2 voluntary, but within framework of draft
  implementation plan
• G77 strong links between T1T2 structured
  co-ordination and monitoring
• JUSCANZ laissez faire approach to type 2
  partnerships, no structured co-ordination, no
  monitoring, no links with type 1
• Stakeholders supportive of G77 position

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Agencies

• General low profile lack of technical inputs
• Some agencies disgruntled when CSD introduced
  draft program of action for energy
• Low profile in dialogue on type 2 intiatives
• Profile in side events only
• Implications for UN reform

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Multi stakeholder dialogue

• Constraints various parallel processes
• Concern about limited government engagement in
  dialogue
• Concerns raised about weak text, dilution of
  targets, no commitments
• Concern about physical separation of government
  and stakeholder venues

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Assessment

• PrepCom IV secured global agreement on framework
  for Summit, including
• Focus on 3 pillars of sustainable development
• Action-oriented text
• Targets based on MDGs
• Agreement on the need for concrete implementation
  frameworks in key sectors
• Elements of deal identified, not agreed
• Broad agreement on approach to political
  declaration

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SA highlights

• Sound relationship with G77 SA provided
  consistent technical support in negotiations,
  chaired contact groups for G77 (trade/ finance)
• Gained acknowledgement for playing quiet
  brokering role
• Successfully hosted 2 side events (NEPAD and
  African process on oceans and coasts)
• JOWSCO had high profile (report on state of
  readiness excellent stand)
• Cultural event well received video message from
  President Mbeki

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Further work needed

• Structured processes needed to broker agreement
  on
• key elements of summit agreement
• bracketed text in the draft plan of
  implementation
• draft political declaration
• implementation frameworks to give effect to
  targets in key sectors
• Scope for SA to play leadership role

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Way forward

• Clarify respective roles of Indonesia and South
  Africa in lead up to Johannesburg
• Process to broker agreement on text on trade,
  finance, means of implementation
• Process on implementation plans in priority
  sectors (lead countries agencies)
• Process on political declaration
• Strengthen engagement with stakeholders