Final draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit in September 2015

We are pleased to share with you the final draft of the outcome document for the UN Summit in September 2015 which will adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

This final draft builds on the feedback received from Member States and other stakeholders during our 22 to 25 June negotiation session and endeavours to respond to comments and suggestions made. It contains three annexes. As regards the proposed technical revisions to the targets (contained in Annex 1 of the Zero Draft), it is our proposal as co-facilitators that nineteen of these should be incorporated in the final text. We have amended accordingly the relevant targets in the listing provided in the attached draft. Please note that we have made a slight change to the proposed revision previously circulated in relation to target 8.7. The proposed revision to target 14.c remains in Annex 1 for further consideration by member states.

Please note also that the language in the final draft which relates to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development is based on the draft Addis Ababa Action Agenda as of 07/07/2015. Further changes may be required after next week’s conference. It is also proposed that the agreed outcome document of that conference be included as Annex 2.

We look forward to fruitful exchanges and to the finalization of this document at our final negotiation session from 20 to 31 July 2015.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest consideration.

Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations

David Donoghue, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations