Organization of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the 65th session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Decides that the High-level Plenary Meeting of the 65th session of the General Assembly shall be held from Monday, 20 Sept. 2010, to Wednesday, 22 Sept. 2010, in New York; also decides to hold the general debate at its 65th session from Thursday, 23 Sept. 2010, on the understanding that these arrangements shall in no way create a precedent for the general debate at future sessions; further decides that the High-level Plenary Meeting shall focus on accelerating progress towards the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report in this regard in Mar. 2010; decides that the above-mentioned report, together with the Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 and the 2009 report of the Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force, shall serve as an input for the consultations leading to the High-level Plenary Meeting; decides that the High-level Plenary Meeting shall be composed of 6 plenary meetings, on the basis of 2 meetings a day, and 6 interactive round-table sessions to be held in concurrence with plenary meetings; requests the President of the General Assembly to organize 2 days of informal interactive hearings no later than June 2010 with non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector to provide an input to the preparatory process for the High-level Plenary Meeting; requests the President of the Assembly to prepare a summary of the hearings, to be issued as an Assembly document prior to the High-level Plenary Meeting; requests the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund to enhance the participation in the hearings of representatives of non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations from developing countries, and calls upon Member States and others to support the trust fund generously and speedily; strongly urges all Member States to actively engage in the process of formal and informal consultations leading to the High-level Plenary Meeting with a view to reaching a successful outcome of the Meeting.

Adopted without vote, 66th plenary meeting

8 p.

Issued in GAOR, 64th sess., Suppl. no. 49.
Annexes (p. 3-8): 1. Organization of the plenary meetings and establishment of the list of speakers for the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly -- 2. Organization of the interactive round-table sessions for the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly -- 3. Organization of the informal interactive hearings -- 4. Other participants.