The Arab Regional Implementation Meeting for the Twentieth Session of the United Nations

Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-20) – Follow-up on Rio+20 was held recently in

Dubai. This very important regional meeting provided a platform for discussions and negotiations on  the implications of the major outcomes from Rio+20 for the Arab region. It also included a number of key outcomes for the Arab region, in particular: the establishment of HLPF for sustainable development a process to develop SDGs, the adoption of green economy as a tool to achieve sustainable development and new commitments relating to means of implementation and thematic issues.

As the representative of the major groups of children and youth , it was an honour for me to attend this United Nations meeting.

It gave me great satisfaction that I was able to deliver an intervention on behalf of my MG at this high level meeting which was attended by representatives of Member States, Major Groups, Regional and International Organizations, and sustainability experts.