Observations of the UNCSD 2nd Informal Negotiations of the Outcome Document

Negotiations on the co-chair’s suggested text (as of 17 April) were conducted between 23 April and 4 May by two working groups, but there was very little progress made, with only 21 paragraphs agreed ad referendum out of more than 400 paragraphs. Key persons from member states and representatives from Major Groups mainly spent their time behind the scenes, engaged in networking based on their own agenda at the “Vienna Cafe,” located outside of the meeting rooms. There was no atmosphere that pointed to resolving the front negotiations more effectively. The meeting decided to have extra negotiations from 29 May ~ 2 June in New York and also that the co-chairs would provide the new compromised texts by 22 May. Negotiating groups need to drastically change their attitude before the next meeting. Current Statues of Negotiations: