Indonesia to hold meeting on the post-2015 Development Agenda

Indonesia in cooperation with United Nations will hold a High Level Panel of Eminent Persons meeting on the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Bali to discuss global partnership.

"The meeting will be held at Nusa Dua, Bali on March 24-27, 2013 and the theme is `Global Partnership as Means of Implementation`," said director general of multilateral relations of the Foreign Ministry, Hasan Kleib, in a press briefing here, Friday.

He said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been appointed to be one of the three co-chairs of the panel accompanying England Prime Minister David Cameroon and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

According to him the total panel members are 27 consisting of three co-chairs, 23 panel members, and one special assistant secretary general for Post-2015 Development Agenda as an ex-officio.

The result from the panel meeting will be delivered to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on May 30 at New York.

"The UN Secretary General will use the report as the key input to the UN General Assembly on September 2013," said Hasan.

The panel meeting`s vision consists of ending poverty, sustaining prosperity for all and preparing for the future, Hasan said.

He added that the meeting will also discuss achievement efforts in global partnership and its implementation. (Uu.B019/H-YH)

Source: ANTARA